Thank you, Denise:) The 5/7/5 syllable count is a convention and not a defining aspect of haiku. A few blokes got hold of the idea and ran with it and began insisting it defined haiku. Some aficionados would say 5/7/5 is too long ... I hold to haiku being a poem about nature expressed in one breath and generally with a pivot idea/word/phrase.
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