What may be stifling participation is the fact that Haiku has rules on how it has to be done.

http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Haiku-Poem

So job one of a Haiku listener or reader is to determine if the poem meets the criteria or “rules”
laid out beforehand. No doubt it’s an acquired taste.

If I’d been given a list of “rules” about writing a song, then I’d never have written my first one. Ditto for playing an instrument.

“Rules” hinder creativity. I don’t like “rules”. Never have, … never will.

Just my 2 cents, and that about all it’s worth.

“Coun-ting syll-a-bles just sucks”. (Meets the 7 syllable rule.)

Last edited by bobcflatpicker; 09/07/12 05:40 PM.
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