Monday, June 27, 2011

Bathroom Haiku: The Perfect Haiku

The perfect haiku
blowhard prof says I can’t write it
‘cause I can’t count

6 comments:

  1. I used my fingers to make sure your syllable count was correct.

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  2. I think you can count, you just can't divide. :D

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  3. Haha, excellent!

    Although, I have to say I didn't check for the metrics. :P

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  4. I think you neither you nor Li can count. Of course, my poetic sister says they don't have to be 5/7/5 anymore...WTF?

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  5. Hah! That's like one I wrote long ago:

    I said to my son:
    “You must understand the rules
    To break them right.”

    Danni, relaxing the 5/7/5 "rule" is based on the idea that Japanese doesn't use syllables exactly the same way English does, so getting it close is the point. There's also a "cutting word" concept in Japanese that can only be expressed via punctuation in English. Haiku is one of those things that are simple on the surface but really complex underneath.

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  6. Odd, this is the fourth haiku I've read today. LOL

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