Some argue that English-language haiku cannot exist because of the differences between English and Japanese languages. A syllable is not quite the same as a Japanese character. What we actually write is senryu. Several true students of the art form made clear to me what it was. Nonetheless, I kept the title Haiku Headlines because it sounded much better.
Headlines are the haiku of our times.
While I acknowledge that what my comrades and I write is senryu, I argue it's not far from the core of what true haiku was originally about. Hundreds of years ago, the masters of the art had nature to go to for their enjoyment. At the end of the 20th century, we have cyber-culture, television, and other virtual realities for enjoyment. If we are successful as writers, we write about what we know. Our verse reflects the season of our age.