Two Hokkiens, chor lor
	One with hoarse voice, lian-dyed hair
Whoa... what raw beauty!

Edward either said it was "good" or "not bad" - I cannot remember exactly. I pointed out that it followed the Haiku format (see below) and he said I how lian, "show off".

Later, I thought, "Hey, might be fun to share some Haiku on my website." So here it is.

Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry, usually written in three lines of five, seven and five syllables. This is how I describe it:

Five, seven, then five
	Our inner thoughts expressed
In 17 sounds.

As I was about to do this page, however, I did a web search and discovered that there are lots of rules and abandoned rules regarding Haiku. One website listed 65 of them!

I rather like the idea of being restricted to the 5-7-5 format. I feel it forces creativity. So this is the only rule I follow. Anyway, I have no intention of being a serious Haiku poet. This is just for fun :-)

I first learnt about Haiku when I went to study macrobiotics at the Kushi Institute in Becket, Massachusetts, USA.

What has Haiku to do with macrobiotics, which is supposed to be about health, and healing and yin + yang and The Order of the Universe? I remember asking my teacher, Edward Esko. I cannot remember the answer he gave.

Esko had given the class "homework" to write Haiku. Some of us, myself included, did not like the idea. But dutifully, we wrote and discovered that it was actually quite enjoyable. Some liked it so much that they wrote more than 20 in those few days.

So maybe you might like to try as well. You, too, may find it enjoyable.

I have forgotten most of the Haiku I wrote, except this one which stays in my head. Macrobiotic friends will enjoy it. If you don't know what it means, email me.

Hard sink? Or firm float?
	Order of the universe
Revealed in private