06 May 07
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Originally posted by Bad wolfDude, they have to be 3-5-3 or 5-7-5. You can't just make up the rules. Although some of the great Haikus, when translated into English, don't make that requirement.
Until then I,
The Bad wolf,
Hunt in the darkness.
It is also generally accepted that in proper Haiku, the first two lines set up the "moment," and are directly related, the third line says something that seems not to relate to the first two, but once considered it not only relates but changes the first two lines into something else...
Almost nothing -
Look, a sparrow hopped
all along the porch
with wet feet.
- Shiki
The first two lines make you think that you've actually watched a sparrow hop across the porch. The third line makes you realise that bird was there before you were, and you are looking at it's wet footprints. That absence is the almost nothing... Haiku creates a moment.
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06 May 07
Originally posted by st00p1dfac3I'll just not bother...😞
Dude, they have to be 3-5-3 or 5-7-5. You can't just make up the rules. Although some of the great Haikus, when translated into English, don't make that requirement.
It is also generally accepted that in proper Haiku, the first two lines set up the "moment," and are directly related, the third line says something that seems not to relate to the firs ...[text shortened]... ng at it's wet footprints. That absence is the almost nothing... Haiku creates a moment.
