HOUSE OF HAIKU PROMPT: MOON
Welcome to the ‘House of Haiku’, where the challenge is to create something inspired by the Prompt below using only 17 syllables, laid out in three lines, containing five, seven, and five syllables respectively.
Let’s have some fun writing together!
On this day, in 1969, Apollo 11 took off from the Kennedy Space Centre, in Florida. It was carrying astronauts Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin, and of course, Neil Armstrong, who just a few days later, would become the first man to set foot on the Moon. This historic event was beamed live to televisions around the world, and was watched by an estimated audience of around 650 million people.
And so, our Prompt for this week is: MOON
He howled, as it glowed,
But he wasn’t a werewolf,
He’d just stubbed a toe…
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Very funny, Chris! Hee! My turn:
His belt burst open
His pants slid quickly downward
"Look, Mom! It's the moon!"
Lunacy is real.
It happens every full moon.
Ask an ER nurse.