welll, i can recognize the elements of
interest in english language haiku. but
i can’t help but yawn through many of
them. i don’t think ” poem ” is the
right word to describe haiku. i think
haiku is the more accurate word. if
one wants to describe haiku by some
other name, i think ” witticism ” is
closer to the essence of what they are.

haiku lack all the elements that make
a poem a poem. they resemble very
clever metaphors and similies, and
more often than not they leave me
thinking, “slick but so what?”

hot afternoon
the mailman pauses
in the spray of a sprinkler