Original sentence: This gradual loosening of traditional standards, encouraged by such poet-critics as Bob Grumman, has resulted in the word haiku being applied to brief, mathematical "poems," ("mathemaku") and to visual.boundaries in Japan, and by asking under what other definition should.contain mathematical terms and/or graphics as well as words.defends his position by pointing to a similar blurring of definitional.poetry by Scott Helms, which do all the things traditional haiku do but.stretching of the definition of haiku may seem excessive, but Grumman.such texts be grouped
Edited sentence: In short, with no knowledge of Japanese, or access to current Japanese journals, Bob Grummen attempts to justify the misapplication of the word haiku by positing evidence that does not exist.The poet-critic Bob Grumman, applies the word haiku to his own brief, mathematical "poems," ("mathemaku") and to visual poetry by Scott Helms.This stretching of the definition of haiku is considered by others to be excessive, but Grumman defends his position by pointing to what he perceives, with absolutely no evidence but his own assertions, to be a similar blurring of definitional boundaries in Japan