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Originally Posted by Hasbinbad
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You guys are missing two of the most important aspects of haiku.
One is that there should be some reference to either nature or the insignificance / impermanence of life. References to a season are a common way to accomplish this, as all seasons end and bring forth a new season, and in turn all years end in winter, where life is dark, only to give birth to a new spring, etc. This can be as simple as referring to a cherry blossom, which is a symbol of impermanence because they are so perfect yet last only a very short amount of time before falling and withering.
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The majority of kigo, but not all, are drawn from the natural world. This, combined with the origins of haiku in pre-industrial Japan, has led to the inaccurate impression that haiku are necessarily nature poems. --wikipedia