07-20-2013, 07:41 AM
95% of 'ku written today are nothing much more than faux-poetic aphorisms cut up into three lines. All of the writings about haiku/senryu and how they translate into English are really just examples of what's already been done and then backwards-programming the rules according to the results deemed "best" by arbitrary judgment.
Ku evolved. They should continue to evolve. Poetry moves on, otherwise every sonnet would still be stuck in the thees and thous.
And incidentally, a haiku is just a sonnet with fewer words :p
Ku evolved. They should continue to evolve. Poetry moves on, otherwise every sonnet would still be stuck in the thees and thous.
And incidentally, a haiku is just a sonnet with fewer words :p
It could be worse