Four Children and Horse Japanese woodcut (Ando Hiroshige 1797 - 1858, Connecticut College's Black's Print Collection)
A haiku is born in the heat of i-mailing:
She: His little son and daughter were with him. They are at the really BLESS ages . . . somewhere between 4 and 8. Those were the totally fun parenting years. Before, they are too needy. After, they are too demanding.
We: You've said it all . . . Does it have the right number of syllables for a haiku?
She: I'm not sure, but, I think haiku is 12 or 13 syllables, ergo, my observation has too many words. ;-)
We: Hmmm...Can you pare it down? ;-)
She: It has a certain resonance, doesn't it?
We: Yes . . . I like it very much. Will Google haikus now . . . Traditional haiku has 17 syllables divided into three lines: five syllables, seven syllables, five syllables.
Four to eight is bless.
Before, they are too needy.
After, demanding.
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