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Re: A couple of Haiku.

Originally Posted by Silver Tabby ->
Yes, Dongles, they do. I like the discipline of Haiku.

Traditionally they are supposed to be about nature - but people seem to ignore that these days. The main rule is about the number of syllables :-

5 in the first line
7 in the second one
And 5 in the third
So I have heard.

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Re: A couple of Haiku.

Originally Posted by Silver Tabby ->
Yes, Dongles, they do. I like the discipline of Haiku.

Traditionally they are supposed to be about nature - but people seem to ignore that these days. The main rule is about the number of syllables :-

5 in the first line
7 in the second one
And 5 in the third
How on earth did that transpose from the Japanese language, when all they go by is symbols.
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Re: A couple of Haiku.

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So I have heard.

 
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