Much debate has passed on this issue. Well-thought essays will be printed intact, thoughts and comments of our subscribers will be combined in a special section. Write an original haiku, following a strict syllable count, rewrite on the same topic, using the most brief form that you feel captures the same thoughts with pleasing sound. We will have the two forms critiqued and compared. If you can find published 17-syllable haiku on the same topics these pairs would be of even greater interest.
All submissions are welcome, to be included in a future issue.
Haiku, or articles about haiku are always welcome. Find a Haiku collection at your library, and share with us some particularly striking works you find. If you would like, find several by a single author, or several on a single theme and send them together for a special section. Send us a short note, telling what you thought of issue 3, or responding to any of the Haiku that were included in this issue.