Re: Haiku for 13 April 2008

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:25:03 -0400, mike weber
<fair****tfan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:58:21 -0600, Doug Wickstrom
><nimshubur@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:15:23 -0400, Kip Williams
>><kiptw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>>Will in New Haven wrote:
>>>> Ripple in still water,
>>>> When there is no pebble tossed,
>>>> Nor wind to blow.
>>>> 
>>>> isn't quite a haiku but it's lovely.
>>>
>>>
>>>Why not? Because it's not 5-7-5? Counting syllables isn't what makes 
>>>haiku, and the number of syllables isn't as rigidly fixed as people
seem 
>>>to think it is.
>>
>>However, the number of mora _is_ fixed.
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>[*]

Simplest explanation is "beats of time."  Usually corresponds to
syllables, but some syllables have more than one mora.
-- 
Doug Wickström
har fiol, vill resa