Zach Braff could have been talking about the haiku when he described things taking minutes to learn, a lifetime to master. This Japanese syllabic form of poetry is at the same time the simplest and the most complex form imaginable.
If you adhere to the rules of the haiku, you have a blueprint for creating any number of these brief cameo poems. That’s the simple part. Adherence to rules, however, does not encompass any consideration of the sheer poetic quality of writing that makes a haiku stand out from the crowd. This is where complexity sidles in. An instinct for poetry, a feel for the elegance of well-selected vocabulary, a brilliant idea or image to fuel the poem, and an appreciation of that breathtaking ‘haiku moment’ are just as important as being able to count syllables.
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