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    haiku fever

    The other day I found Haiku the Blog which is a blog where all the posts are in the form of Haiku. Then today Slashdot had a post about spam fighters using trademarked haiku in their efforts (and many of the comments are in the form oh haiku). One comment posted on slashdot gave a good explanation of what haiku really is. Naturally most people have it only partly correct according to his explanation.


    5-7-5 is the rule; in addition to be a true haiku it must have a nature theme ... People adapting the haiku form to other languages may well relax the 5-7-5 rule, because it doesn't really make sense in many other languages other than Japanese. Every language has its unique sound which dicttaes its poetic form. However, I'd argue that a true haiku canot be created in any language other Japanese

    Posted on 2002.08.20 at 01:19 PM in Geek |

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    Gary - NZ

    But Haiku goes beyond the form... the essence of Haiku is related to the essence of those Antonioni films, including Blow Up, which you write about further down...

    Posted by: Gary - NZ | 2002.08.27 at 12:06 AM

    Dav

    Yes, I think the fact that Haiku goes beyond form is convered in that "what haiku really is" link. Still, whatcha gonna do? Not write haiku? :)

    Posted by: Dav | 2002.09.05 at 03:56 PM

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