If You’re Haikuing and You Know It
by
Michael Dylan Welch
You’ve been doing haiku wrong all along.
You’ve been doing haiku wrong all along.
If they’re five-seven-fives
They will surely give me hives.
You’ve been doing haiku wrong all along.
And how about this—sing it hurriedly to force the
third and fourth lines into the original rhythm:
You’ve been doing tanka wrong all along.
You’ve been doing tanka wrong all along.
If they’re five-seven-five-seven-seven
They will surely banish you from
heaven.
You’ve been doing tanka wrong all along.
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