how to write haiQu
because the form of haiQu was originally inspired by creative use of language on short-form social media (originally twitter), the aim is to capture and reflect how online culture influences language and vice versa
it's like haiku or senryu, only different...
this page is a work in progress because writing haiku is an art, not a science, and there are kazillions of rules about them, and just as many reason to ignore them all
the basics
- three lines found online (preferably from social media because haiQu are a response to online language)
- each line from a different source
- doesn't need to be 5-7-5, but some variation of short-long-short with regard to syllables is ideal (can even be long-short-long, of short-short-short)
but there's a little more to it
because the form of haiQu was originally inspired by creative use of language on short-form social media (originally twitter), the aim is to capture and reflect how online culture influences language and vice versa
if one were to cheat at making haiQu, one could find a lot of material on urban dictionary, BUT that would be missing the point. the point is to recognize the unique language of online culture in the wild
more to come...