5-7-5 syllables! I thought it was lines? <BR>marilyn,haiku is about serenity and calm and not being a bitch.

this is a real haiku. They say much in so few words.<BR>"The barn has burned down,<BR>now I can see the moon"

<BR>true haiku not sought<BR>breaking rules is ok<BR>pedantics object<BR>

Nice try, Mimi, but no haiku. It's 5-7-5, ALWAYS. If you don't want to do haiku, do something else, but don't call it haiku if it doesn't fit the pattern - that's what haiku is all about, a pattern, the same pattern, many thousands of years of the same pattern.<BR>If you want to write poetry, that's one thing. If you want to write haiku, that's another. You Americans think you can mess with anything. You can't. End of story, Imperialists.

How much you want to bet that Yamamoto is an American? <BR><BR>Guaranteed!

Teenager too.

<BR><BR>Paris here I come<BR>the tour-eiffel at sunset<BR>bateau on the siene

<BR>thought mimi was wrong<BR>wrote that ditty anyway<BR>thanks, yamamoto

shimmering water<BR>snow capped mountains in the fore<BR>Wondrous Lake Como.

<BR><BR>Stupid deaf pup runs<BR>Speeding Volvo lorry skids<BR>new name: pancake dog

andrew had little happy dog<BR>dog bite young stupid andrew for being mean<BR>now andrew hates happy dogs

Pup still doesn't know<BR>how to write proper haiku<BR>5-7-5 please

Oops! <BR> pup practices his haiku<BR>andrew is still mean<BR> pup will forgive him though

no cigar for pup<BR>as he can't count syllables<BR>try again my friend.

Pompous Asses whine<BR>They are not stimulated<BR>Go jump in the lake

pup keeps trying his haiku<BR>but it is real hard<BR>pup will get the hang of it <BR><BR><BR><BR>:O)~

Pup is getting close<BR>7-5-7 instead <BR>of 5-7-5

puss<BR>if it is syllables,pup got it.<BR>if it is words,he will have to try again.<BR>miaow

Kitty I'm afraid not - pup did 7-5-7 (total 19 syllables) whereas haiku is 5-7-5 (total 17 syllables)<BR>

Yamamoto is a white man insulting my race.