I agree Ian. Traditional Japanese haiku are mostly (not always) written in 5-7-5 onji. Onji are much shorter than English syllables. Eg the word frost would be 3 syllables, something like fr-o-st.
English haiku, if you want a guide (and many dont follow this)would be short-long-short; or 12 syllables max; or 2-3-2 accented beats. See http://www.ahapoetry.com/
Having said all that, there are some mighty fine 5-7-5 syllable English haiku out there.
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This is funny.
Can I substitute coffee for coke?
The syllable count doesn't hold out.
5-7-5 is ideal but in my opinion, short-long-short can work just fine as long as it's written in the spirit of haiku...
I agree Ian. Traditional Japanese haiku are mostly (not always) written in 5-7-5 onji. Onji are much shorter than English syllables. Eg the word frost would be 3 syllables, something like fr-o-st.
English haiku, if you want a guide (and many dont follow this)would be short-long-short; or 12 syllables max; or 2-3-2 accented beats. See http://www.ahapoetry.com/
Having said all that, there are some mighty fine 5-7-5 syllable English haiku out there.
new to haiku
Dalloway
gets carried away
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