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Real Haikus?

March 10, 2010
By magic-esi PLATINUM, Hyde Park, New York
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People, real haikus
Are supposed to be about
Nature, time, seasons.

© Emily M., Milford, CT

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It's not to criticize people. I'm stating a fact- technically, haikus are supposed to be a nature. Your non-nature haikus are very beautiful, they're just technically not haikus. They're poems with certain syllables.
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redsoxandsunshine SILVER said...
on Apr. 20 2010 at 1:07 pm
redsoxandsunshine SILVER, Hamilton, Massachusetts
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I laughed :)
magic-esi PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 18 2010 at 3:53 pm
magic-esi PLATINUM, Hyde Park, New York
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.&quot; <br /> &quot;Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if only one remembers to turn on the light.&quot;

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Yeah, I know, but I thought it would be fun to write a haiku about the Proper Rules of Haiku.
IsobelFree DIAMOND said...
on Apr. 18 2010 at 12:32 pm
IsobelFree DIAMOND, Hamilton, Other
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Not necessarily - haikus don't have to be about nature. The dictionary says that they are traditionally about nature, but technically, the only requirement for haikus are that the first line has 5 syllables, the second has 7, the third has 5. I've written a lot of haikus, and I think they're fun, like this one: "My old blue jeans are / Faded and grass-stained and frayed / ripping at the knees." I just wrote that while sitting here, so it's not great, but just saying, haikus can be about anything!