A Question for Spring

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A question for Spring:

Can Non-Japanese write hai-

ku? Probably not.

Posted by Mike Mennonno at 4/5/2011 11:13 AM

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4/5/2011 1:07 PM Katie wrote:

That was a terrible Haiku!

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1. 4/5/2011 1:39 PM Mike Mennonno wrote:
  
  Terrible haiku,
  
  Written on the way to work
  
  On a gray Tuesday.
  
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4/5/2011 5:00 PM Bryan wrote:

Oh I don't know: I think Gary Snyder might find the splitting of "hai-ku" rather amusing. Certainly Issa, one of the "Four Greats", played with words!

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4/6/2011 11:19 PM Dave wrote:

It met the criteria that I know of: a 5,7,5 syllabic meter and including a reference to a season.

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