I have been trying
To write a haiku for you
Some things I just can't do
Maybe you're beyond
Ancient Asian poetry
Or maybe it's just me
I have been trying
To get this haiku just right
All night for you, alright
I'm through!
Maybe this poem
That never got refilled
I've never thought much
Of formulaic verse anyway
And rhymes are not my fort–
I have been trying
To get this haiku just right
All night for you, alright
I'm through!
I'm trying not to try too hard
But you're hard to write down right
So I pen these trite attempts
At haikus for you tonight
La da dee diddum
Lada da dum doo diddle
Dum doo la dee do
There, that's sufficient
I wrote a haiku for you
Well, I tried at least
And that's not so bad, I'm working here
Can that be said for you?
I'm trying not to try too hard
But you're hard to write down right
So I pen these trite attempts
At haikus for you tonight
Words don't work like Webster says
They trip me up all night
I'm just trying to write for you
But you're hard to write down right
[00:16.063] I have been trying
[00:18.169] To write a haiku for you
[00:23.168] Some things I just can't do
[00:25.951] Maybe you're beyond
[00:29.172] Ancient Asian poetry
[00:33.411] Or maybe it's just me
[00:35.956] I have been trying
[00:37.983] To get this haiku just right
[00:41.645] All night for you, alright
[00:45.408] I'm through!
[00:48.253] Maybe this poem
[00:55.516] That never got refilled
[00:58.285] I've never thought much
[01:00.535] Of formulaic verse anyway
[01:05.693] And rhymes are not my fort–
[01:08.483] I have been trying
[01:10.475] To get this haiku just right
[01:14.026] All night for you, alright
[01:17.834] I'm through!
[01:21.055] I'm trying not to try too hard
[01:25.669] But you're hard to write down right
[01:30.832] So I pen these trite attempts
[01:35.507] At haikus for you tonight
[01:50.981] La da dee diddum
[01:53.038] Lada da dum doo diddle
[01:58.136] Dum doo la dee do
[02:01.037] There, that's sufficient
[02:03.049] I wrote a haiku for you
[02:06.686] Well, I tried at least
[02:07.903] And that's not so bad, I'm working here
[02:10.497] Can that be said for you?
[02:13.294] I'm trying not to try too hard
[02:18.093] But you're hard to write down right
[02:23.116] So I pen these trite attempts
[02:27.890] At haikus for you tonight
[02:33.410] Words don't work like Webster says
[02:37.953] They trip me up all night
[02:43.087] I'm just trying to write for you
[02:47.716] But you're hard to write down right