Haiku

[Lugh]

if you are looking for some decent haiku which do follow the rules.. look at my poetry anthology... there are at least 100 haiku / tanka in there on various subjects

[Marty]

I find myself in a bit of a quandary here...

 

Many haiku writers do not consider the 5-7-5 rule to be set in stone. Indeed some writers of haiku do not even consider the three line rule to be one that has to be followed all the time.

 

The five-seven-five rule comes from the fact that Japanese haiku is traditionally written in three parts, the first with five sounds, then seven sounds, and finally another five sounds.

 

Bear in mind, however, that a sound in Japanese is not really the same as a syllable in English. For example, the English word

[jovian_w2002]

Hey there.

 

Let me give my two cents on this. A Haiku はいく tends to talk about nature. If the 17 syllables do not contain anything related to nature, it is generally considered a Senryū せんりゅう.

 

R.H Blyth states that Haiku is the "poetry of seasons".

 

And I agree with you wholeheartedly Marty. Haikus are not set in stone