A Period Piece: The End of the Beginning
Littlest symbol
of the end, the period
springs between vistas.
...
“Komma” Piece: The Middle of Everything
Diminutive mark
of distributions devised,
the comma contains.
Komma means "comma" in Greek.
...
Good Semicolon Marriage: Clause to Clause
Independently
bonding them with us before
discord can dictate.
...
Colon Me Long: 150:1 per cm:colon
You don’t require a
colonoscopy to use
me along the way.
...
Apostrophe’s Grasp: It Isn’t Grim
It’s pouring inside
without the roof’s assurance
of arid tidings.
...
Not Another Question: Another Haiku?
What is the question
that always leaves one wanting
more if not this mark?
...
Exclamation Nation: Yes, Another Haiku!
Why do you exclaim
every word and sound before
I dare say, enough!?
...
Hyphen Before You Go: Give Me a Sign
First-rate haikus tend
to compound their nouns before
hooking seventeen.
...
Quotation Marks My Doom: “Guillemets”
She left me alone
in the dead centre between
two quotation marks.
Guillemets means "quotation marks" in French.
...
Real Parentheses: ( Love )
When love is enclosed
between walls and closed spaces
and it can’t get out.
...
En Dash to the Right: “En Avant”
A short dash the width
of an en, of half an em,
of a span of math.
...
Em Dash Away: I M What I Am
Do you care if I
replace your commas, colons
and parentheses?
...
Anthi’s Ellipsis: A set of …
One by one to three,
though some can stretch out to four
dots of knowledge known.
...
Slash Morton: Forward We Go
Forwards and backwards
like a pendulum before
the intent was slashed.
...
Haiku Brackets: [I Prefer the 18-Syllable Haiku Plus]
Always quote Nietzsche,
not the washy-washy shine
of [philosophy].
A haiku plus uses the 6-6-6 syllable formation instead of the 5-7-5.
...
Braces Around My Head: Brace Yourself
The moon is curly;
space and time are square before
curly brackets brace.
...
Chevrons in My Heart: If A < 6 Then M > 4
Proud V has fallen,
learning new sideways angles
resting till Tuesday.
Where A = Anthi and M = M
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Patrick M. Ohana
A medical writer who reads and writes fiction and some nonfiction, although the latter may appear at times like the former. Most of my pieces (over 2,200) are or will be available on Shakespeare's Shoes.
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