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Subject:Re: Haiku From:Karen Kay <karenk -at- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 17 Aug 1994 15:33:52 -0700
David Oberstadt said:
> I thought a Haiku had to have five syllables on
> the first line, then seven, then five. Am I mistaken?
> Isn't there some rule that a Haiku has to give
> insight about nature or else it isn't a true
> insight?
I think the rules for English haiku and Japanese haiku are different.
Japanese haiku is 5/7/5; there are specifications for the subject
matter of each line, I believe, but I don't remember what they are. I
don't know the rules for English haiku.
