I’ve known for some time that the syllabic restriction in English haiku is
a nonsense, given that the Japanese is so completely different, Patrick,
but freeing up sonnet to more or less than the prescribed forteen lines is
news to these student ears.
Bill
On Thu, 10 Jan 2019 at 4:22 am, Patrick McManus <
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> thanks Sheila Doug and Andrew ------ some take this badly!!!!!!
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> On 09/01/2019 16:41, Douglas Barbour wrote:
> > Sad, indeed, when suddenly one discovers this…; ruins the day.
> >
> > Doug
> >
> >> On Jan 9, 2019, at 9:34 AM, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
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> >> It happens. Orderly life is more attractive to some than to others.
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jan 9, 2019, 5:04 AM Patrick McManus <
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> >>> POET
> >>>
> >>> poet poor
> >>> student poet
> >>> nearly had
> >>> a freak out
> >>> a heart attack
> >>> a nervous breakdown
> >>> when
> >>> he discovered
> >>> that not all sonnets
> >>> were fourteen lines
> >>> and
> >>> even worse
> >>> not all haiku
> >>> five
> >>> seven
> >>> five
> >>> syllables
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> pmcmanus
> >>> s374
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> > Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations &
> Continuations 2 (UofAPress).
> > Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
> > Listen. If (UofAPress):
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> > It was cold, in a way that Shadow was starting to become familiar with:
> colder inside the building than out. He wondered how they did that, if it
> was a British building secret.
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