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Thursday, May 12, 2005

my shadow growing

fading

floots said...: Naturalistic description and shades (pun half-intentional) of mortality all in five words!; 3:14 AM
Anonymous said...: I don't know what you got going on here but they aren't haiku. You don't even have a structured verse.I read counts of 4,4,4 - 2,5,2 - 3,7,5 - 5,5,3. And those are just your first few. Haiku's are 5,7,5.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=haiku

Good intentions, but not haiku. Sorry.; 9:56 PM
Anonymous Poet said...: Everything in flux. Just like life.; 6:36 AM
Bill said...: Stan: Thanks for your comment. I'm familiar with the definition you refer to, but it doesn't reflect the practice of American haikuists, and it gives a distorted impression of the form of classical Japanese haiku. I've addressed these matters in earlier posts, identified as "approximations." Individual haikuists may, of course, choose to stick with the 5-7-5 format (I call it syllabic haiku, as distinguished from accentual or free.) as a matter of personal choice--I do myself sometimes--but that's all that can be claimed for it.; 12:34 PM
Bill said...: floots and AP: Thanks for your comments. We all seem to be on the same wave length on this one. Nice half-intentional pun, floots.; 12:38 PM
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