it is new, and fully haiku
it has that look, smell, and minty freshness
that no one can deny
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Now entering the point of no return. Beyond this point, bashing replies become inane (save them for my inbox), because nay-sayers clearly see by now that I have no respect for neo-haiku-bashing opinions, on top of me having already said (this being the second time) to save the crap for another thread.
And why does everyone automatically assume that I came up with this, and am trying to pitch it? This is a thread for fun, and trying out a non-tedious method of haiku, that I have grown to passionately love. (it's free-flowing expression... no syllable-counting. That means the perfect words that you "feel" to be right can STAY right the first time) It is in no way "freeform", for one simple reason: anyone reading it will say, "Oh, this is OBVIOUSLY haiku," (perception belongs to the eye of the beholder... the simple reader, who comes with no "formula-is-all-important" baggage), unless they are actually sad enough to stop and count the syllables in other peoples' haikus before giving them the "haiku stamp of approval".
Please direct further complaints (and statements of "whatever" and "fine" and "I still don't buy this") to my inbox. That's where I have the nearest Delete button. - (seriously, I am TERRIBLY apathetic toward the opinions of nay-sayers on this, so there's no ground to cover here...)
And if it escapes even the definition of what others are willing to call Neo-Haiku (Neo means "New"... not "very, very slightly adjusted"), either just call it something else, or tell them to put a sock in it.
