Korte digte -- Short Poems

      Uglemor kan godt lide digte, skrive digte, oversætte digt, læse digte. Haiku har i mange år stået på Uglemors liste over ting der ind i mellem sker. Nu er der kommet en ny ting til: Elfje. Uglemor kan godt lide at forsøge at presse tankerne ind i fastlagte rammer. Elfje minder meget om haiku, men her er det ord, man tæller, ikke stavelser. Et lille eksempel er måske på sin plads:

Elegant
Lille digt
Følger enkle regler.
Jeg synes godt om
Elfje. 

      Det er en oversættelse/gendigtning af Elizabeth Leapers akrostikon fra 2012, der forklarer reglerne for et elfje. Her er de på dansk:
I alt elleve ord på fem linjer. 
1. linje: Et ord - digtets farve, egenskab eller lignende.
2. linje: To ord der introducerer en ting/menneske/væsen (navneord) med denne egenskab
3. linje: Tre ord der udfolder mere, gerne begyndende med han/hun/den/det ...
4. linje: Fire ord om min relation til "navneordet"
5. linje: Et ord der overrasker, sammenfatter, sætter i relief.

    Elfje betyder lille alf på hollandsk og minder også om ordet elleve.
    Elfje ligner haiku ved at have faste regler for antallet af et eller andet (stavelser - ord),  og for antallet af linjer, og ved at der er en "bombe" i sidste linje.

MotherOwl likes poetry. Reading, writing, or translating poetry is one of the regularly upcoming tings in MotherOwl's life. For long haiku has been a part of this. Now a new form, the elfje has joined the fun. It's easy, but still with rules, not as serious or "grown up-pish" as the haiku, but still requiring some work to fit within the rules and still give an adequate expression to your thoughts.

I have copy-pasted  Elizabeth Leaper's explanation here, as unfortunately I have seen so many blogs disappear recently:

How to Write Elfje:

An ‘Elfje’ counts as five sentences.
Line 1. One word. This word symbolizes a colour or feature. The word symbolizes the atmosphere.

Line 2. Two words. These are something or someone with this colour or feature.

Line 3. Three words. Giving more information about the person or the object. You describe where the person or the object is, who the person or what the object is, or what the person or object is doing. This sentence usually starts with the word ‘he’, ‘she’ or ‘it.’

Line 4. Four words. Here you are writing something about yourself in relation to the person or the object. This sentence is your conclusion.

Line 5. One word. This word is called the ‘Bomb.’ It is the essence of the poem.

Elfje Acrostic

Elegant
Little verse
Following simple rules
Just eleven words long
Elfje.