05-03-2009, 09:49 AM
Please note that HAIKU must have KIGO (季語; word to indicate a season) as a strict definition.
If the 5-7-5 format sentence has no KIGO, it is called as SENRYU (川柳).
I think it is no problem to call all 5-7-5 format as HAIKU because it can have international definition.
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