haiku

I see the word 'haiku' appearing...what is hiaku? A string of words illustrating a picture like a photo or humor?

I know this is one form of Japanese poems.

Is this a hiaku write? Below my attempt at writing one. Please critique. Thank you

Cherry blossoms --

swoon lovers everywhere.

Its scent softly wafts the air.

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Update 18 March:

Thank you MOI for sharing the metric pattern of haiku: 5-7-5 syllables on each line. So I shall revise and hope to receive comment...

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Cherry blossoms swoon

lovers everywhere scent

softly wafts the air.

Grateful to MOI for guidance...modified accordingly.

time

Changes, changes,

Changes going on all the time

Man is always changing

and rearranging

...

Time changes

color

spring to summer to autumn to winter

fragrance in air

in the feel

in weather

...

Time and tide waits for no man

we're told

If

there is no time

there is no wait.

...

Time heals

they say

will I

when broken within

body heals

not hurts or loss.

...

Time

though abstract

is

real.

my thoughts on peace

Peace is freedom on the personal and political level.

Peace is living in contentment, responding to challenging situations and learning to make the best use of whatever limitations or lacking in resources.

Peace is living and accepting disciplines and boundaries.

Peace is having good governance in a country where citizens working together with political leaders to win-win situations. Peace is not conformity or living in terror.

Peace is discovering that man has the right to choose life over death.

Peace is free of conflicts within and without.

Peace is learning to accept differences and live with diversities.

Peace is when man can realize his/her potential to the fullest; the dare to open doors and explore horizons beyond.

nine-eleven

(taken from an archive website which I can't find for image credit...help needed.)

Time, like an ever-flowing stream
will never wash the sorrow and pain
on September 11, 2001.
Since, the world and the US stood tall together.

Those flickering candles remind us
our fragile lives so easily snuffed out
by mad psychos who champion evil
believing sacrifices for their Allah

(doubt that is Allah's plan!)

That coward psycho-leader Osama bin Laden showed on internet
urged Americans to embrace Islam today –
6 years after that fateful day
the curse that brought down

the Twin Towers

which stood so tall and elegant
a world in microcosm
housed the best of the best
turned to ashes!

This insane leader made use of the weak-willed
to feed his madness
unwilling to blow himself up
he’s appealing for more young Islam believers
to become suicide bombers!
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Jesus Christ sacrificed Himself on the cross
to redeem and reconcile man to God!

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(taken from www.september11news.com)