zodiac15 Feb 2006

"3-5-3 (supposedly truer to the informational content of Japanese haiku)."

Is this true? I've always thought the informational content of Japanese was equivalent to, if not actually denser than, English. But then I think, well what about Konichiwa (4 syllables) and Hello (2 syllables)? But then I think, oh, right, I don't really care. Haiku's the rottest poetry form.