Friday, September 08, 2006
Haiku Rules - It's OK to Break a Few!
Rules are a good thing. They keep us focused and help us understand how to do something. When it comes to haiku rules however, some things are less than useful.
Take the 5-7-5-syllable rule for instance. A nice rule that dictates the form of the poem. Five syllables for line 1, seven for line 2 and five again for line 3. It's been used for many, many years to generate fine haiku poems. But this haiku rule in particular has given way to what is called "free form" haiku.
Free form haiku still uses the 3-line format (for the most part) but instead of the strict adherence to 5-7-5, we have...
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on your home page you state
that haiku are "easy." well
yes, it's very easy to write
poor haiku. writing haiku that
actually work is very difficult.
ch
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that haiku are "easy." well
yes, it's very easy to write
poor haiku. writing haiku that
actually work is very difficult.
ch
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