Smelt Fishing Haiku
This section of the site is a paradox. We are unsure which came first...Smelt Fishing or Smelt Fishing Haiku. Did the mystical poems, with assurances of abundant fish, draw the fishermen to the lake? or did lonely nights, on the search for the elusive smelt, inspire the creative minds of the fishermen?
While those items will be debated for years, what is clear is the fact that this website has "owned" the number one search result related to "Smelt Fishing Haiku" for the past 8 years and running. If you were looking for Smelt Fishing Haiku you have come to the right place.
A diligent student of the Haiku would notice that a few of the entries don't even meet the basic Haiku requirements of 3 lines with a 5-7-5 pattern. To aid in the development of future smelt Haiku, please using the following tool to validate your Haiku before submitting to the website: Poetry Soup Syllable Counter
If you are poetically challenged, but you still feel compelled to bust out a rhyme, please use the following Haiku generator to create your submission: Every Poet Haiku Generator
lurking neath the wave
In the dark fishing
winter ice melting
small beast of the sea |
Sun from green depth deep
Smelt
Smelt |
Hark the smelt |