if you want to write haiku (limerick)

[Bunx]

if you want to write haiku you should
include flowers and water and wood
contrast and compare
to twelve syllables pare
(and a third-line surprise would be good)

I don't want to write a haiku
A poem? I suppose, but too few
Words, like a song
With one verse it's not long
Enough to get more than a view

I think that some of the best songs say very little. I have one song with one longish verse but the chorus is super simple.
"Your world is just a myth
nothing but a frown
your world is just a myth
spinning round and round"

later in the song I come to describe the girl as a conjure of my mind.

but the secret of the song lies within the chorus. 4 lines.

i dont think you need alot of words to make a song meaningful.