Haiku #34 Red Rose

2 Responses to “Haiku #34 Red Rose”

1. alex says:

   Wednesday 13th February, 2008 at 4:00 pm

   this isnt a haiku
   haikus have 7 syllables in the first line 5 in the next then 7 again why do u waste ur life with poetry ur obviously not very good at it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2. Trevor says:

   Wednesday 13th February, 2008 at 6:24 pm

   Thanks for visiting Alex.

   With respect – you are incorrect. A haiku traditionally has 5, 7 and 5 sounds in Japanese. These sounds do not accurately translate into English syllables. For a better explanation see
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku

   Further – the word haiku does not have plural from in English.

   Modern English forms of Haiku no longer strictly follow the syllable count.