tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33109176.post115980782508126857..comments2007-09-14T11:33:51.364-04:00inmichiganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10420209596601945675noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33109176.post-54219530697373342502007-09-13T21:02:00.000-04:002007-09-13T21:02:00.000-04:00you know none of these are really haiku...this one comes closest:<BR/><BR/>None one knows the words<BR/>To say to a young widow;<BR/>But some wish they did.<BR/><BR/>but it's more senyru than haiku. Haiku has nothing to do with people, it seeks to discover the nature of the universe while senyru seeks to discover the nature of man and is often satirical or humorous. Some of your entries here might come close to senyru. But what is most important to state is simply having seventeen syllables does not make a haiku, in fact true haiku would not even have seventeen syllables but it is the least important quality of the form. I am sure you find these NYer "haiku" amusing...but see them for what they are, simply short humorous poems.As a serious student of haiku I am dismayed to find these masquerading as the real thing.BekiLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16276763421375989978noreply@blogger.com