What is a Jew Haiku?
Jew (jōō)
-noun
one of a scattered group of people that traces its descent from the Biblical Hebrews or from postexilic adherents of Judaism; Israelite.
Haiku (hī'kōō)
-noun
1. a major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons.
2. a poem written in this form.
Jew Haiku (jōō hī'kōō)
-noun
A Jew Haiku is
a Haiku poem or verse
about The Choosen.
Lacking fins or tail
The gefilte fish swims with
Great difficulty.
Yenta. Shmeer. Gevalt.
Shlemiel. Shlimazl. Meshuganah
Oy! To be fluent!
Hey! Get back indoors!
Whatever you were doing
could put an eye out.
Today I’m a man.
On Monday I will return
to the seventh grade.
Hava nagila,
hava nagila, hava….
enough already.
In the ice sculpture
reflected bar mitzvah guests
nosh on chopped liver.
The shivah visit:
so sorry about your loss.
Now back to my problems.
Harsh Scrabble discord —
someone has placed “putzhead” on
a triple word score.
Testing the warm milk
on her wrist, she sighs softly.
But her son is forty.
Tea ceremony —
fragrant steam perfumes the air.
Try the cheese Danish.