[Strange Writing] What happens if you round the number of characters in a haiku...
If you round '5-7-5', you get '10-10-10'.
30 characters:
Like the leaf-shower (*1)
The words that fall as I write
Capture the formless thing
*1:
Selected Japanese Dictionary: Meaning, reading, example sentences, and synonyms for 'Konoha-shigure'
Konoha-shigure (Leaf-shower)
[Noun] A term describing the state of leaves scattering, or likening that sound to a winter shower. (Season: Winter)
*Choshu Eiso (1178) Middle: 'The sound of falling, the wetting of sleeves, it is all the same, who would call this a leaf-shower?'
Shigure (Winter shower)
[1] [Noun]
1. (To do) A light rain that falls and stops, mainly from late autumn to early winter. Also refers to such cloudy weather. (Season: Winter)
*Manyoshu (Late 8th Century) 10-2214: 'As evening comes, the geese fly over Tatsuta Mountain, competing in the winter shower, and the colors begin to turn.'
*Kagero Nikki (c. 974) Upper: 'As I was about to leave, it was not just a matter of a winter shower, it was quite inconvenient.'
If you apply 'Swedish rounding' (*2) to '5-7-5', you get '5-5-5'.
15 characters:
'Just that much in the spring-is-near (*3) movement'
*2:
'Swedish rounding' is a method where if the last digit is '1' or '2', it becomes '0'; if it is '3', '4', '6', or '7', it becomes '5'; and if it is '8' or '9', it becomes '10'.
In other words, since there is no 1-cent coin, it is a way to eliminate fractions and make them '0' or '5'.
*3:
Describes the time when the cold of late winter eases and one feels the arrival of spring.
Signs of spring.
Meaning that spring is just around the corner. (Winter season word)
If you round '5-7-5' by rounding down 5 and rounding up above 5, you get '0-10-0'.
If you round '5-7-5' by rounding down 5 and rounding up 6, you get '0-10-0'.
10 characters:
'Now, crossing my line'(Free-form haiku)
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'Fumikiri Jikan (2)' by Sato Yoshi
(From Episode 12: Poet of the Railroad Crossing ②)
'I am the poet of the railroad crossing'
'I am a haiku poet of the railroad crossing'
'It's here!'
'Railroad crossing, oh railroad crossing, railroad crossing'
'Well, it's not like I'm thinking of anything'
'It's not 5-7-5, but if you round it, it's 5-7-5'
'Wait, if you round it, it's 10-10-10...'
'It carries over, doesn't it'
'Isn't 10-10-10 cool?'
'Triple Cross...'
'No, Tri-Cross Haiku!'
'It has that middle-school-level coolness'
'Oh man, if I make Tri-Cross Haiku popular, I can take on disciples!'
'It's here!'
'I am the wielder of the Evil Eye, apostle of Beelzebub, bow down humans'
'Not enough intelligence!'
'It's been consistently lacking since the rounding part...'
'Because of Tri-Cross, my middle-school self is saying hello'
'This is a haiku that only an idiot could write, humans...'
'Must seal it away'