untitled Haiku

Actually, i want to emphasise a point with haiku -- every single syllable matters. It isn't just the packing of the meanings, it is the consideration of the best way to emphasize the specific intent of the whole. It is not uncommon, and in fact probably the norm, for a poet to agonize over a single preposition.

I personally love the more unformed haiku as much as the western tradition of 17 or 11 syllables. But regardless, each must be thought of very carefully.