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Re: Movie Haikus
Posted By: Lirelyn, on host 216.2.233.61
Date: Monday, February 18, 2002, at 16:09:37
In Reply To: Re: Movie Haikus posted by Grishny on Sunday, February 17, 2002, at 17:06:09:

> >Yes and no. The traditional format is indeed five-seven-five, but in recent years, the format's boundaries have been expanded a little, especially in English haiku, so that even two-line haikus are acceptable. According to those more liberal groups, it's more important that the poems serve as meditations on nature than that the format be strictly followed.
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> Hmm, so technically, haikus about movies aren't really haikus at all? I'm relieved.

My writing teacher told me that a proper haiku is about the seasons; the same form on any other subject is a senryu.

Lire"hesitatingly quoting a non-infallible source from many many years ago, so this may not be right"lyn

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