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Let me fix this for them: --- Haiku has hired existing contributor to join us full time

• moron4hire 5y ago
  The strict syllable count of the haiku poem is actually a myth. The haiku format is more about feelings in a moment, expressed as a snapshot. --- Heat waves, drawing to a close On the horizon, a form appears haikuOS.employees++;
  • spindle 5y ago
    This is my favourite hackernews comment for ages. I think though that it would be more accurate to say that there are now two haiku formats - the Japanese one, and the English one which was originally a misunderstanding of the Japanese one but which now has a life of its own, for better or for worse.
    • moron4hire 5y ago
      I get it, but the "English version" you speak of is so often just one thought in seventeen syllables split into three lines at otherwise arbitrary points. There's no meaningful construction beyond fitting the thought into 17 syllables. If one is going to do the 5/7/5 style, make them actual phrases, rather than disjoint groups of words that only make sense in the whole.
      • spindle 5y ago
        In my experience, that's right, the English version usually sucks. :-(
  • khazhoux 5y ago
    Right. It's never made sense to break down a traditional form into the super-clunky 5/7/5 rule. That said, I'm still surprised Haiku, the company, does not seem to employ any haiku.