Yeah true. I'm no haiku aficionado, but it seems that the beauty of it partially comes from its rigid format, forcing the writer to distill something down to it

Yeah true. I'm no haiku aficionado, but it seems that the beauty of it partially comes from its rigid format, forcing the writer to distill something down to its essence. On a side note, I kind of wish I knew Japanese, so I could read some authentic original haikus. Apparently they're much nicer in Japanese...