Re: Tweet This: I Don't Care

[Donal <irldexter () gmail com>]

Does it count of my haiku were written in a Zen monastery outside
Kyoto in the gardens next to the mountains while thinking about tech
and the world as we know it in 2007? #twaiku #haiku
http://twitter.pbwiki.com/Twaiku-(haiku-written-in-twitter)

Nature and time:
http://www.haikuworld.org/begin/ctrumbull.may2003.html

D.

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 2:47 PM, der Mouse <mouse () rodents-montreal org> wrote:
> > > Requiring haiku
> > > For Twitter tweeting rights will
> > > Improve the content.
> > Basho is rolling over in his grave.  What we do *NOT* need is more
> > people who believe everything written 5/7/5 is a haiku!
>
> It's the only definition I'd ever seen.  Thank you for headsing me up
> about it.
>
> > http://www.haikuworld.org/begin/
>
> I don't see anything there that outlines what a haiku is, not even the
> most rudimentary characteristics such as the 5/7/5 on pattern.
>
> The Wikipedia page is much more informative.  Based on that...I'd call
> this "reminiscent of haiku", or "after the style of haiku", or some
> such, which is really all I needed.  My point is not so much about true
> haiku as it is about anything that compels thought.  Even just
> requiring 5/7/5 syllables probably demands enough thought to improve
> matters.
>
> But, hm, let's see.
>
> Twitter's glory days
> Haiku spreading to the West
> They make a great pair!
>
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