I am navigating the Haiku-Wikipidea after feedback from one 
I can write poetry for days but mine is limited into either dark poetry or romanctic plus erotica prose. I envisage the world through romanticised perception or see it through the darkness I fight within. It's limited yes but that's where my strength lies. Other forms of poetry probably can also be hackable but one scares my poet back to her learning cave to sum up the efforts to pick up her shameful pens... haikus.
Haikus came to me when I joined the chain and oddly, it was the queen of Science 
go read her work before arguing with that compliment and haikus being simply difficult are a perfect way to get in her good books.
My findings match those words of
The story runs back to the 1600s with Japanese poets birthing this intricate way of writing poetry to the 1900s when Englishmen started dipping their hands in the writing jar. Haikus would later then be romanticised by the Spanish wordsmiths and in 1992, Nobel laureate Czesław Miłosz published translated haikus (English to his Native Polish language) to open the door that globalised haikus.
And at three weeks to my 36th birthday is the time I am learning all this... Sigh.
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Here are the most distinctive characteristics of a haiku incase you are learning with me
☆ The piece should usually focus on nature or seasons.
☆ It should have a contemplative or a wistful tone and an impressionistic briefness.
☆ Try syntax as no unnecessary words.
☆ Emphasis on imagery over exposition.
☆ Avoid metaphors and similes... punctuation and capitalization of letters if you can.
☆ And finally non-ryhming lines. (This is a note to myself :p)
See you soon as I redo Chi's Challenge and see I can hack doing haikus after ravaging Wikipedia for guidance. You can join in the challenge and become a part of the learning curve if you feel like you would like to learn doing haikus with me. Yes? Google is your friend :)
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BQ.