Originally posted by DreamlaXActually, there are differing opinions on that. Frankly, I can't lay them out right now, as I've only just started studying the form. But it's clear that many of the poets considered masters bent, or even dismissed that rule.
The first line must be five syllables, the second line must be seven syllables and the last line must be five syllables.
A simple haiku
can be simply written so,
yet most are complex.
