Unindicted co-conspirator #3 is fervently working on a WLBOTT public awareness campaign for the Haiku.
Just to give a little background,
Haiku (俳句) is a type of short form poetry originally from Japan. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases composed of 17 phonetic units (called on in Japanese, which are similar to syllables) in a 5, 7, 5 pattern; that include a kireji, or “cutting word”; and a kigo, or seasonal reference.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku
Kireji / Cutting Word
The “cutting word” is an interesting concept, without a direct English analogy.
Some Examples of Not Haiku
The following are examples of literary non-Haiku
Relativity
There was a young lady named Bright
Whose speed was far faster than light;
She set out one day
In a relative way
And returned on the previous night.
– Published without attribution in 1923 in the London humor (humour) magazine “Punch”
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/12/19/lady-bright/
Fleas
Adam
Had ’em
– the Book of Genesis
Do You Carrot All for Me?
Do you carrot all for me?
My heart beets for you,
With your turnip nose
And your radish face,
You are a peach.
If we cantaloupe,
Lettuce marry:
Weed make a swell pear.
– author unknown
We don’t need no education.
– Pink Floyd / The Wall
Phantasmagoria
That Ghosts have just as good a right
In every way, to fear the light,
As Men to fear the dark.
– Lewis Carroll
Abdul Abulbul Amir
The sons of the Prophet are brave men and bold
And quite unaccustomed to fear,
But the bravest by far in the ranks of the Shah,
Was Abdul Abulbul Amir.
– William Percy French
https://allpoetry.com/Abdul-Abulbul-Amir
Will there be a Buffet?
Despondently, no.
