Haiku

There is beauty in simplicity.

Poetry is complicated. It has to rhyme. It doesn't have to rhyme. There are all these forms and rules and types and schools of thought, but then someone comes along who doesn't follow the rules and what do they call it? They call it Poetry.

The English Haiku seems to break the rules set by the traditional form, but to me the one attribute that stays constant is the simplicity. The idea that we can convey so much using few words. For my writing, I hold on to one rule, the syllable structure of 5-7-5. I never stray from that rule and with the restriction, it forces me to think about what I say and how I say it. That is where the poetry lies.

Sit next to me, child

And I'll tell you a story

No, it won't take long