Do you know what HAIKU is?

and it's not what most people think (they're close, but still wrong).

It's actually something else?
Please enlighten me.

who knows, I might be wrong. :yoiks:

:hi: SJ

do you mean the Japanese verse form (alternating lines of 5/7/5 syllables, dealing with the subject of nature or the changing seasons, unlike senryu, which has the same structure but is not strictliy limited to being about nature), or the operating system?

I had no idea there was an OS called Haiku... LSNED. :hi:

Because when someone starts a Haiku thread I see very little Haiku.
:shrug:

Feel free, add your own haiku
They're not hard to write.

I was refering to the fact haiku threads always seem to contain a lot of stuff that is not haiku, including attempts at haiku which miss some of the traditional elements of haiku ... not that that's a bad thing.

A sestina, now that's hard!

:silly:

Becuase that is what makes a Haiku a haiku (I can't remember what it is called without the nature part)

In one episode of "Beavis and Butt-Head", David Van Driessen (the hippie teacher) tells the class that they'll be exploring the world of haiku. "High? Cool!" replies Beavis. Van Driessen corrects him, explaining that haiku is a haunting Japanese form of three line poetry. After explaining the rules, he calls on Butt-Head to create his own haiku for the class. After Van Driessen's prodding, the reluctant Butt-Head comes up with one for the ages...

That was cool, huh huh
when we killed that frog, huh huh
it won't croak again.

Not to be outdone, Beavis has an even more astounding haiku, a master piece of poetry that will be remembered for generations to come...

Huh huh, huh huh huh
huh huh mmm, uh huh huh huh
huh huh, huh huh huh.

For their awe-inspiring efforts, Van Driessen gives them both A's for the day, which prompts a moshing headband from the dynamic duo.