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Originally Posted by cromag
Title: Haiku By The Numbers
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I can count to five
And I can count to seven
I can write Haiku
(Copyright © 2016 Kevin A. Lyons)
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The fact that it's a poem containing 17 syllables is not, in itself, sufficient to form a haiku, cromag (and, indeed, most modern Japanese haiku no longer have 17 syllables). The key definition of a haiku is the juxtaposition of two different ideas with a "cutting word" between them. I would suggest, therefore, that your composition, although it has undoubtedly has great artistic merit, is not a haiku.