Sincere curiosity: have you ever read the haiku I write to take note of entries that run counter to the 5-7-5 convention?
Where sincere attempts fail, it is mostly through the dreaded "careless error" that docked us points on primary & secondary school math tests. Elsewise, it is a function somewhat never having absorbed that haiku takes the 3-line 5-7-5 syllable count form. Both of those groups occasion a custom-created haiku designed to coach toward competence and encourage future performance. In some cases, it prompts for immediate attention if the limited editing window is open and a quick correction can be made. NONE are wrathful or intended to scold. More likely, they have a picayune & pedantic edge skin to this response. People in your profession generally appreciate where accuracy and thoroughness are seen positively.
As to those whose haiku seems intentionally, mischievously, or disruptive let wrong, I take greater liberties in my tone, but seek for whatever is offensive in n my tone to nonetheless remain arguably less offensive than the matter it addresses.
The final category is content within a post that is either in part or as a whole prose and not haiku poetry. That could include the following examples:
"Yeah no, I don't do the haiku."
"How can I stream tomorrow's game?"
"This haiku is totally raw."
(with someone's entry quoted above)
"I think that if you wrote 'elucidate' instead of 'enunciate,' it'd be clearer for readers."
In other words, advice, compliments, and corrections can be made in haiku form without throwing off the haiku-derived mojo.
The trickiest instance occurs when someone writes a solid haiku, but then adds beneath, it in a separate paragraph, something like, "Oh wow, that was first haiku. That was fun. I really feel like Boneyarder now!" The recommendation would be to express your joy in haiku firm as well.
And there you have it: intolerance, judgment, and wrath the strikes fear into some, exasperated others, and allows misunderstanding to grow where it needn't.
Thanks for jump-starting this attempt to clarify my approach to being a helpful, supportive fan.
Tomorrow is game day, and Game Day haiku stokes the mojo.
Remember 5 syllables in line 1, then 7 in line 2, and finally 5 in line 3.
Ideate, write, check your math, and Post.
Go Huskies!
