Can you count to five?
Wot about a seven too -
Could you manage five?
Form pointless? No! It circumvents rational thought.
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Doggerel Dave (Pseudonym) (
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That one nails it.
That, Soren should go on record as the shortest contribution you have ever made anywhere....I think.... and none the worse for it...
The funny thing about haiku is that it was developed and apt for Nihongo, having been anglicised has made it a somewhat different animal altogether. 🙏🕊️
Yes the form, the translation between two vastly different cultures and languages is questionable, I feel. To take the English equivalent form and use it occasionally in the world of poetry as some kind of condiment seems possible (is) for me, but over reliance on it as poetry’s view of the world or relationships or any other topic is just plain avoidance of commitment or commentary or anything much else…
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