Nazi UFO's and 5-7-5 haiku

[billy]

I never liked Kerouac till just now. Of course Kerouac can't compare to the woman ray likes to quote.

Jack Kerouac
American Haikus
(Copyright

"Above all, a Haiku must be very simple and free
of all poetic trickery and make a little picture
and yet be as airy and graceful as a Vivaldi
Pastorella."
Jack Kerouac

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so, in essence, in American haikus the 575 is merely a guide, and most likely has too many syllables to capture the feeling of a Japanese haiku?

For many it is, for some it isn't .for me it's a good. Way to get into the form. once you can do a few in the 575 format you can have a try at at doing it outside the 575 format. For a. Short form there's a lot of squabbling goes on. Have a look at what Kerouac said in Milo's post; it makes a lot of sense, specially the part that says don't use poetic trickery, ray will advise otherwise, as will others, pick a path and walk it