U - Ukiah
The Ukiah was invented by Robert Ropars. For obvious reasons, it is frequently referred to as Reverse Haiku. But, Mr. Ropars has said, in part, "I see some people have played around with variations (calling this a "reverse haiku"), but only changed the syllabic construction. I think a true "reversal" would also take into account the rhyme aspect." Isn't it nice that "ukiah" is "haiku" reversed?
The rules are:
- 3 lines
- lines 1 and 3 contain 7 syllables
- line 2 contains 5 syllables
- all lines have the same end rhyme
While it isn't necessary to write a haiku as well, in his example he did, and I found it a bit easier to do it that way.
Tulips
Haiku
Tulips in the bed
Bloom in hues of red alone
I prefer yellow
Ukiah
Tulips are up in the bed
all in tones of red
I want yellow ones instead
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It was clever to do the same theme both ways :)
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I'm not sure about clever! It did help me write the ukiah though.
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