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clentaminator on Oct 30, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: A Call for the Elimination of Joke Haiku Productio...

I agree. The double dactyl verse form (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_dactyl) has far greater potential for comedy value.

gjm11 on Oct 30, 2015 [–]

  Metrical-schmetrical
  Internet commenters
  Think writing haiku is
  All fun and games.

  Seventeen syllables,
  Cutless and seasonless?
  Pseudopoetical --
  Let's call them names!

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