untitled Haiku

Hey Joe,

First of all, I'm so excited to see you around my friend.

Secondly, that is good advice she just gave you. I would also point out that a single word order flip would make a vast difference in the delivery and the power of the message. 

A lifetime study
a master arrives in time
autumn is now here

autumn is here now.

  I actually do think the first two lines can be tightened significantly, but often times (though tnot always) a ku can be saved with a powerful last line. In this case, I think the slightly inverted construction takes away from the impact, and loses a possible double intent of meaning.

When you say "Autumn is now here" you have directed the reader to which is more important, the location. The reason, I beleive is due to the slighlty unnatural order the reader feels compelled to stress the here at the end.

Now, there is a tendency to stress that way, but when the word order is in the more natural 'here now' the reader feels a bit more comfortable thinking of it both ways.

I have generally found that the best haiku are the ones that force us to ponder duality of meaning whilst avoiding irony and metaphor.  

At least, I think so. I could be totally wrong. Derma is far more the master of this form than I