And now for something competely different…
Back in 2014, I found out that Godzilla haiku are a thing: a friend of my daughter posted on her Faceboook wall about it. I was inspired to write a few of my own, which of course prompted my daughter to write a few back. Just a bit of silliness we shared. 🙂
From Facebook:
‎Nadiya to My Daughter:
Google “Godzilla haiku”. There is a surprising number of them in Google Images.
Daughter:
Whoa, when did this become a thing…?
Nadiya:
I don’t know, but it’s awesome.
Me:
So misunderstood
A relic from a dead age
He is Gojira
Off in the distance
Kaiju Goira appears
Soon Tokyo falls
A gift from Gaia
Abused and destroyed by man
He will cleanse the Earth
Daughter:
I like that you spent 1/2 an hour finding these
Me:
Silently weeping
He is the last of his kind
Alone for all time
No, I actually wrote them – I felt inspired
🙂
Sceptical she is…
Unable to believe that
maybe dad can write.
😛
Nadiya:
These are beautiful. Bravo.
Daughter:
Why would Godzilla
Who is of Japanese birth
Write these in English?
Not really alone
With all those other kaiju
Lining up to fight
Me:
With feet planted firm
Tail and breath at the ready
Awaiting attack
Tonight’s episode:
A special ‘Iron Poet’
It’s ‘Battle Haiku’
Daughter:
Perhaps Gojira
Is a nation’s lens to view
Nuclear horrors
Hey, wow, look at that!
Meta take on Godzilla
Damn, such a hipster
And such was my brief stint as a poet. 😀