On Haikus

Counting Syllables

Stanzas of three lines
and 17 syllables:
that can’t be so hard;

after all, we’re not
expecting verses to be
worthy of the bard.

However, not all
can compose modern haikus
because some can’t count;

rhyming’s optional,
and so is wit, but adding
up is paramount.

Pedagogical
fashion is to blame for this
sad situation,

I say.  So much, then,
for Labor’s policy of
“the Knowledge Nation”.