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Originally Posted by debernardis View Post
it's 17 syllables isn't it? (I'm no good at counting syllables in English)
That depends whether you say "radiance" with 2 or 3 syllables.

But haiku uses the 5-7-5 pattern; 7 syllables on the middle line.

Roger.