Experiments in Social Networking : Tomato Haiku
By Vanessa Richins
I love Twitter!
It’s a microblogging website where you can connect with people around the world.
I use it to post links to articles I write and talk to other gardeners. You can find me here.
Tonight I had an experiment pop into my head. If I asked people on Twitter to write haiku about tomatoes, would they do it? If you don’t know, haiku is a Japanese three line poem with exactly seventeen syllables. The first line contains five syllables, the second has seven, and the third has five again.
It worked! Four tomato haiku were written. Since that worked, I also did the same experiment on Facebook and gained a few more examples. It was interesting to see what they came up with.
Aurora Nibley
Mom hates tomatoes,
she says they’ll give you cancer.
But they don’t. They’re good.
Victoria Allred
growing tomatoes
in my colorful garden
beefsteak and cherry
thrown at poppy bush,
one splats against his limo.
but he hates broccoli
Old sick man must wait
to breathe tomato plant scent
on his daughter’s hands
“Love apple,” they said
“Poisonous beauty so rare!”
Do you dare to taste?
you say tomato
i say make mine organic
potato too please
oh tomatoes
my bliss, so vulnerable
I grow to consume
Of course, I would be remiss if I didn’t write one myself. Here is my contribution:
Leaves add tang to hands
Bright splashes of red pop out
I love tomatoes
Do you have a tomato haiku to share?
February 12th, 2009 at 12:40 am
I had a ton more submitted after this was written. Here they are :
Eskhaton
lovely tomato
so round and full this morning
soon to be ketchup
tomato slices
they enliven my burger
sweeten my salad
here in the garden
sunshine sparkles on wet leaves
my tomatoes reign
February 12th, 2009 at 12:40 am
Elizabeth B
Homegrown tomatoes
Nature’s bounty at its best
Summertime pleasure
Sweet red tomatoes
Bulbous, innocent, and pure
Take a juicy bite
I love tomatoes
Early Girl, Beefsteak, Heirloom
Variety rocks
Tomatoes are nice
Sliced, sauced, diced, stewed, garden fresh
Love to eat them all
Ripe red tomato
No matter how you slice it
So delectable
Heirloom tomatoes
So flavorful and perfect
A gourmand delight
February 12th, 2009 at 12:41 am
Melonhed
sweet acidity
heavy in hand, yielding flesh
summer in your mouth
February 12th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
heavenly, red orbs
sweet-salty round perfection
sliced, diced, juicy. gone.