Yes, David, even modern Japanese haiku is not always written 5/7/5 onji,
but that is taken as a maximum. That's how I teach it now: mainly aim at
variations of 3/5/3 in English, but 17 syllables all up is a definite
MAXIMUM. And with or without a season word (kigo, I think it is) - They
also have their poetry wars, traditionalists against contemporary writers.
Andrew
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