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Do you think that #haiku needs to stick to the 5-7-5 or is free more desirable? Forgive me if this is too basic a question! #poetry

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xelipe xelipe
 
 July 10, 2009 03:42 AM
I think that haiku should strive for the 5-7-5 syllable sequence... I am sure that traditionalist will argue that the definition of haiku is the 5-7-5 sequence, but I've read many haiku poems translated from Japanese that do not always stick to this requirement. What I like most about a good haiku poem is not the feat of being written in 17 syllables, but the what the haiku tries to express. I know many of the haiku I write does not even attempt to stick to this requirement...


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July 23, 2009 01:16 AM | view on twitter
No, haiku can have any number of syllables in three lines as long the poem is contemplative and serene.

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