04-01-2013, 11:00 AM
(04-01-2013, 09:40 AM)Heartafire Wrote: Lovely in french, liebe, thank you! This piece was inspired by Van Gogh's "The Starry Night", I wanted to include his painting but was unable to. trueenigma, why do you feel this is not a haiku, you did not say.A haiku contains two parts, or thoughts, with a division juxtaposing them in complicity. A haiku also contains a kigo. I know, I know, you (and wiki) say that modern haikus don't have to follow these standards, but wiki is not poetry's commanding authority.
Heart
Just because there is a trend similar to haiku that is being called haiku, that doesn't make it haiku.That doesn't make it less significant, but haiku is a form, and if the form is not followed, then it is not haiku.
There is no such thing as a "free form villinelle", or a "non-metered sonnet".
I wouldn't let it bother you. You still have a beautiful poem.

