Word Ways
Abstract
These poems have 17 syllables but unapologetically fail the 5-7-5 line pattern for haiku. Let me unapologise. Japanese haiku in English translation also usually fail that test and must even be teased into 17 syllables. To the purist I say: only Japanese haiku, untranslated, are true haiku.
Recommended Citation
Anil, A
(2009)
"Some Irregular Haiku,"
Word Ways: Vol. 42
:
Iss.
2
, Article 6.
Retrieved from:
https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol42/iss2/6
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