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**dore** · 10-10-2009, 08:07 AM

Real haikus are not equivalent to 5/7/5 in English syllables so I don't see why it matters. I mean generally English haiku is shorter than 5/7/5 (like 3/5/3 or 4/6/4) but I decided to go longer. If I were to write a traditional Japanese haiku, then I'd learn Japanese, because you can't do it in English. But I'm writing free-form English haikus which don't have the same strict standards (just suggestions).

if I had titled it "Two Short Poems" instead of "Two Haikus" then anybody who read them would've said "oh look haikus" anyway

10-10-2009, 08:07 AM	#6
dore caveman pornstar Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: ridin on a unicorn Age: 33 Posts: 6,317	Re: Two Haikus Written in Linear Algebra Class Real haikus are not equivalent to 5/7/5 in English syllables so I don't see why it matters. I mean generally English haiku is shorter than 5/7/5 (like 3/5/3 or 4/6/4) but I decided to go longer. If I were to write a traditional Japanese haiku, then I'd learn Japanese, because you can't do it in English. But I'm writing free-form English haikus which don't have the same strict standards (just suggestions). if I had titled it "Two Short Poems" instead of "Two Haikus" then anybody who read them would've said "oh look haikus" anyway __________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IREnpHco9mw Last edited by dore; 10-10-2009 at 08:14 AM..