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Joanne Morcom

Joanne Morcom is a writer, social worker and certified laughter yoga leader in Calgary, Alberta. She is the author of two poetry collections, A Nameless Place,available from Sam's Dot Publishing, and About the Blue Moon, available from magpie productions / Inkling Press. Visit her at www.joannemorcom.com

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    1. Sounds nice. But is it Haiku out of the 5-7-5 format?I am wondering because I thought Haiku must maintain 17 syllables, thanks. I am still learning.

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      1. Dear Ronald Pagereski,

        Japanese haikai verses, such as hokku, and later in the 19th Century as haiku, often have a 5-on 7-on 5-on sound count, a bit like our morae units. Even in Japan sometimes the natural rhythm of 17-on via 5, 7, 5 is not there on paper but said in verbally to squeeze into that pattern.

        Non-Japanese haikai writers often write haiku to capture the length of the shortness by writing less. I love writing both 'free verse' haiku, but only in English, and 575 haiku, but again only in English where our syllables are often much longer.

        Two short non-575 Japanese language haiku:

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        — ????

        Coughing, even:
        alone   

        Hosai Ozaki (1885-1926)

        Here we have an even shorter haiku:

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        haiku by ?hashi Raboku (1890-1933) at 4 Japanese characters.

        The Japanese break more haiku rules than the West! :-)

        warmest regards,

        Alan

        Alan Summers
        co-founder, Call of the Page
        President, United Haiku and Tanka Society

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