Haiku #39: What Haiku are Not
Haiku are not just
Sentences of seventeen
Syllables three-split
I’ve noticed that a lot of people decide to express (irrelevant?) opinions in the form of haiku. I’m guilty of it, too — the fact that only 17 syllables are needed is very attractive, since you do not need to put up an elaborate argument. Can’t people put the least bit of energy into making their haiku readable?
sound of the milk tooth
falling from her mouth onto
the bed woke us up
From Thumping Beet. (I don’t want to point fingers; this is just what got me thinking. No offense, Julie.) Seriously, I had to read three times to realize that it was only one sentence.
Använder FireStats
At least to me, that type of haiku is among the least appealing there are. Just making a single sentence and splitting it up over three lines, at least to me, feels like ruining the concept of haikus.
Comment by tobbez — April 22, 2007 @ 11:46 pm
tobbez, I agree. Anyone can come up with a sentence of seventeen syllables. (That was one.)
Comment by Tim — April 23, 2007 @ 12:41 am