The rules are pretty simple but people are fucking it up anyway lol.
Whoa, whoa, hold on… we're just having fun here.
None of this is Haiku in the strict Japanese sense, so where are we gonna draw the actual line? Ok, so you might say, "well in English we do our Haiku's like so: 5 7 5." Uh huh, except there's supposed to be a
kireji (cutting word), and a
kigo (a seasonal reference). And generally rhyming is not included as a part of the Haiku.
But guess what? I'm from New York and I love hip-hop. I'd rather make technically deficient Haiku outta clever, terse hip-hop wordplay patterns with about 40% raw poetry from the heart, put it on a plate and wear it on my sleeve…
Now back to our regularly scheduled Haiku Train…
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What have I become
Where's the reset button gun?
Rising morning sun