Haiku: 17 or 19 syllables?

[Guest guest]

Hi Kokko & All,

 

> You get treatments from doctors

> you might vibe with one

> happy to be your teacher

>

> that's the haiku for today (7,5,7), K

 

Oops, K! The classical Haiku was 17 syllables, in 5, 7, 5 format.

See: http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/#whatishaiku

 

Yours was an example of Haiku Jiawei! (augmented to 19 syllables).

However, verse with between 14 and 20 syllanbles also can qualify as

Haiku .

 

Best regards,

 

[Guest guest]

Phil,

Thanks! it's been about 20 years since I wrote a Haiku,,

so here goes again

 

a doctor's treatment

who knows you might vibe with one

student and teacher

 

K

 

 

 

On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 1:17 PM, < wrote:

 

>

>

> Hi Kokko & All,

>

> > You get treatments from doctors

> > you might vibe with one

> > happy to be your teacher

> >

> > that's the haiku for today (7,5,7), K

>

> Oops, K! The classical Haiku was 17 syllables, in 5, 7, 5 format.

> See: http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/#whatishaiku

>

> Yours was an example of Haiku Jiawei! (augmented to 19 syllables).

> However, verse with between 14 and 20 syllanbles also can qualify as

> Haiku .

>

> Best regards,

>

>

>

>

 

 

 

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