You had me at the first line.ext_709338April 4 2016, 16:37:28 UTC
Haiku is a Japanese form, so anything we do in English is an approximation.
TRUTH: full stop. Which is why I try not to get caught up in what it IS or ISN'T and whether mine is right. It isn't, automatically! So, any effort is a good try, but no cigar.
Re: You had me at the first line.kellyrfinemanApril 4 2016, 21:50:58 UTC
Exactly. I've read books that consisted entirely of haiku that were not, in fact, haiku - just 5-7-5 poems (e.g., ZOMBIE HAIKU, which was an awesome story, but not actually haiku when you think of the need for a kigo, etc.), and I have no problem with them. But I'm enjoying spending my week looking at what haiku are "supposed" to be, too.
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Haiku is a Japanese form, so anything we do in English is an approximation.
TRUTH: full stop.
Which is why I try not to get caught up in what it IS or ISN'T and whether mine is right. It isn't, automatically! So, any effort is a good try, but no cigar.
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