There's one more poem actually, but it's for October 31st. It was a poem I wrote when I was a Game Master for Philippine Ragnarok Online.

Next, I'll get on the #HAInaKU ones. It's Haiku written in Filipino about sigh (exasperation, disappointment, …) based on the Filipino expression "Hay, naku".

But that's what makes #HAInaKU fun to write. You challenge your own brain and patience. You search and learn new words. You learn to be creative and bend the rules of language.

Yes, it's fine to bend the rules when it comes to poetry (and lyrics) which goes against everything we've been taught.

You turn that into a #Haiku based poetry but in the #Filipino language. What you get is #HAInaKU.

It's challenging to write a HAInaKU because the Filipino language retained much of the original Austronesian language rules, which makes everything long. Long phrases, long words, in Haiku's 5-7-5.

If #Haiku has a specific topic, #HAInaKU is Haiku in the #Filipino language that revolves around expressing exasperation, hence, "HAInaKU = hay, naku".

What is #HAInaKU?

It's #Haiku in the #Filipino language. It follows the same rules, like 5-7-5.

The name is a wordplay of Haiku and "hay, naku". "Naku" is a contraction of "ina ko" (my mom). It eventually evolved into a generic expression of exasperation.

Tangang hinirang.
Ang mga taumbayan
Ay Nagkaisa.

#HAInaKU #Haiku in #Filipino