A few poems

I wanted to write some haiku's but instead of the 575 structure, these are 747, after thinking about jumbo jets. i like jumbo jets because they take us to far away places. so thank you to all the jumbos out there in the sky.

I love to see so much love,
an elephant,
Feeding hippo as her own.

That lake use to have water.
Now it's dead fish,
Lined against the craggy shore.

She was quiet in the dark,
but with lamp,
teeth spread, an orotund sound.

I think when we give ourselves a specific set of rules to follow or apply some form of structure to our words, it can actually be quite freeing in the creative process. It allows us to have something to focus on, which I think really helps us to express ourselves. Otherwise it is just like a madman letting any and everything pour out, which isn't bad either. I guess it's just about whatever works for the individual, and for me, I can work either way.