Haiku

I have been trying

To write a haiku for you

Some things I just can't do



Maybe you're beyond

Ancient Asian poetry

Or maybe it's just me



I have been trying

To get this haiku just right

All night for you alright



I'm through!



Maybe this poem

Was lost in the sauce we spilled

That never got refilled



I've never thought much

Of formulaic verse anyway

And rhymes are not my fort–



I have been trying

To get this haiku just right

All night for you alright



I'm through!



I'm trying not to try too hard

But you're hard to write down right

So I pen these trite attempts

At haikus for you tonight



La da dee diddum

Lada da dum doo diddle

Dum doo la dee do



There that's sufficient

I wrote a haiku for you



Well I tried at least

And that's not so bad

I'm working here

Can that be said for you?



I'm trying not to try too hard

But you're hard to write down right

So I pen these trite attempts

At haikus for you tonight



Words don't work like Webster says

They trip me up all night

I'm just trying to write for you

But you're hard to write down right