Three separate lines
You can’t just split a sentence
Don’t cheat on haiku
01
Sep
2004
11:54
Three separate lines
You can’t just split a sentence
Don’t cheat on haiku
Is that in the rules?
I’ve never heard it before
My haikus are wrong
It just don’t sound right
Haikus are meant to be poems
Not sentences split.
Whole phrases should flow
Pause between lines seems natural
Just breathe now and then.
Apparently it’s not actually a haiku rule, it’s just my rule since I think splitting sentences ruins the whole point of the format. Apparently there are some classic haiku that do use the technique of “cutting” as they call it. So while I thought it was a rule, I suppose it’s just a preference.
I think this rule is
Silly so I am just go-
Ing to ignore it
MUAHAHAHAHA!
MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
MUAHAHAHAHA!
I kill me.
You are very wise
My beautiful handsome son
I will play your rules