[r24y]

    This article, I do declare,
    Makes a point that's as plain as it's fair.
    Let's all call a truce
    And end haiku use
    Or else I might strangle a bear.

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Now that that's out of the way...

I didn't agree with this, until it got to the limerick part. I don't have quite as much against haikus as the author, but in most (if not all) situations a limerick would get the job done so much better.

[coldpie]

While I don't feel strongly about trivializing Haiku's grand traditions, I did find myself in the same shoes as the author. What always struck me about joke-haikus is that they're nothing more than a sentence with a couple line-breaks in it. A haiku should use minimal words to convey a story or invoke a shared memory or trigger your senses. The form is a part of the art: where and how you place the breaks is meaningful and should contribute to the feeling you want to convey. Instead, people think up a seventeen(-ish) syllable sentence and place the line-breaks as appropriate. Ugh.

[celticninja]

mainly because a limerick is much more difficult to form correctly. A less than infinite number of monkeys could turn out a haiku in quick succession, a limerick on the other hand.

[mcguire]

Tweet! Illegal use of limrick in haiku thread. Penalty offset by reference to bear. Play ball!