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Haiku is one of the most important form of traditional Japanese poetry. Haiku is, today, a 17-syllable verse form consisting of three metrical units of 5, 7, and 5 syllables. In japanese, this convention is a must, but in english, which has variation in the length of syllables, this can sometimes be difficult.

i m watching,

rain out of the window

with a book open

Comments

Mack said…
..i hope i got the syllables right :)
July 30, 2010 at 9:06 AM
Ruth L.~ said…
I'm sitting so still (5)
watching rain through the window (7)
with a book open (5)

Not sure your syllables were right--as you mentioned--but who cares. Rules were made to be broken and the poem evokes that nice feeling of reading on a rainy day.
August 7, 2010 at 3:35 AM
Mack said…
Hey thanx, ur version sounded much better :)
August 7, 2010 at 4:02 PM
Anonymous said…
Ruth is right. The important thing in poetry is if it evokes the feeling you want to convey. Your haiku (and Ruth's version) does.
August 17, 2010 at 9:51 PM
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