Dear Robert K Foster,
Having observed your behaviour on PoemeRanker for a number of months now, it seems clear to me that your greatest achievement to date lies in comprehending the 5-7-5 syllable count constraint employed in the Haiku form. However, given that Japanese syllables are different to English syllables in terms of "length" and the "amount of information" they convey, this limitation cannot really be imposed formally. Had you written all your Haiku in Jap I might have some sympathy for your outrageous, and frankly rather offensive, claims. May I suggest you pay a visit to the following site:
http://pachome1.pacific.net.sg/~loudon/alexey_def.htm
In so doing, you will realise that I have based my entire argument on something I read on a random website. However, I'm sure you will see that you are indeed a cadlington.
Good day.