12-09-2011, 09:00 PM
Haiku don't do it for me. I always say that they only work in the original Japanese (whch unfortunately, I don't speak/read).
At school I read long poems such as Milton's Samson Agonistes, and stuff like the Ancient Mariner and of course, Shakespeare/Chaucer with no problem and a great deal of enjoyment (but with a teacher helping me to understand what I was reading)
Left to my own devices I think around 20 lines is about right for me.
At school I read long poems such as Milton's Samson Agonistes, and stuff like the Ancient Mariner and of course, Shakespeare/Chaucer with no problem and a great deal of enjoyment (but with a teacher helping me to understand what I was reading)
Left to my own devices I think around 20 lines is about right for me.