Redneck Haiku Out front, pa's fixin' To get the Nova on blocks House got wheels, car don't -----Original Message----- From: Teddywolf [mailto:foodgod at pobox.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 6:07 PM To: dragaera at dragaera.info Subject: Re: Haiku On Tuesday, February 22, 2005, at 05:56 PM, Steve Brust wrote: > On Tue, 2005-02-22 at 14:28, Teddywolf wrote: > >> >> I've read that some consider haikus in English to be OK if they have >> fewer than the listed number of syllables for each line. The >> reasoning was, English is a more compact language syllable-wise. >> >> Common words like pearls >> Poetry flows with meaning >> Each line a fountain >> > > There was a young man of Hanshu > Who tried limericks in Haiku. > But Jesting in Haiku A study in silliness Whyfore we do this?