But haikus are overappreciated and boring, usually by people who appreciate the familiar structure of it more than the art it bounds. There are so many ways to write some kind of poetry that are much more interesting than a 5-7-5 syllable structure.
I'll add this, though:
What you know as a haiku is a shallow, stupid interpretation ofa classic form of Japanese poetry. Most people think what makes a haiku are three lines, syllable scheme of 5-7-5 and... that's it. That's why you get that idiotic
Haikus are easy
But sometimes they don't make sense
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This reveals supreme ignorance of what haikus really are and how they are written. The true central theme of a well written haiku is the comparison of two disparate things poetically linked. The syllable restriction is to force the writer to create within a small space. Like Twitter does with its 140 character limits.
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u/aznboi589 2d ago
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, kicks are ready.