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From: lilandbr@scn.org (Leland Bryant Ross)
Subject: Re: Haiku in English: cute for kids; stupid for grown-ups.
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Date: Sun, 9 Feb 1997 23:22:19 GMT
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In a previous article, ez074520@rocky.ucdavis.edu (Tomoyuki Tanaka) says:

>>
>>>         Haiku in English:
>>>         it's cute when children do it;
>>>         dumb when adults do it.
>>
>
>correction:
>
>
>>
>>>         Haiku in English:
>>>         it's cute when children do it;
>>>         stupid for grown-ups.
>>

Dear Mr. Tanaka,

Even in English, there is more to composing haiku than just coming up 
with three somewhat sense-bearing lines that have a 5-7-5 syllable count.

Indeed, some (adult) practitioners of English haiku claim that the 
syllable count is unimportant.

You wouldn't call "Tuki mireba / Dango kuitasi / Hara hetta"
no matter how beautiful brushed a haiku, now would you?

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