03 Oct 05
Originally posted by shavixmirFrom Chambers:
And quite rightly so.
However, I'm still quite sure (although not positively sure) that a haiku should refer to one of the seasons.
I've tried to look it up and all I can find is that it's supposed to refer to nature to some degree.
mhmmmm mhmmmmm mhmmmmmm mhmmmmmm
Ponder this subject I will
mhmmmm mhmmmmm mhmmmmmm mhmmmmmm
EDIT:
And t ...[text shortened]... is probably the greatest blunder ever made in the forums. Dear Jesus, I should be shot for that.
haiku and hokku noun (plural haiku or hokku)
1 a Japanese poem which consists of three lines of five, seven and five syllables, is usually comical or epigrammatic, and often incorporates a word or phrase that symbolizes one of the seasons.
2 an English imitation of this, such as Letters fluttering, over a garden of verbs, dictionary my spring.
ETYMOLOGY: 19c: Japanese, from hai amusement + ku verse.
03 Oct 05
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Originally posted by skeeterDefinition number 2. This time from the Oxford:
Yes. To be technically correct haiku should contain 'kigo', which means "seasonal word". Bowmann is wrong.
skeeter
haiku Pl. same, -s.
L19. [Jap., abbrev. of haikai no ku unserious or comic verse.]
A short Japanese poem in three parts and usu. having 17 syllables; an English imitation of such a poem.
Bowmann is right.