pseudohaiku

alternative pseudo-haiku

1. countableuncountableFalse or free-form haiku; any form of syllabically parsimonious or otherwise pithy poetry, usually comprising three lines of verse per poem.

   Hanson is no mere artificer, no pseudohaiku addict.

   1967, James Boyer May, editor, Trace, numbers 64-66, Villiers Publications, page 460

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   I am reminded that the hai in haiku means “humor.” Of course, the humor is not simply the quick tee-hee of mock-philosophical “pseudohaiku” about things like computer problems and being stuck in traffic.

   2009, Ian Marshall, Walden by Haiku, page xxi

   Haiku is a form of traditional Japanese poetry written written with simple images and mostly with direct meaning. Traditional haiku have many rigid rules but modern haiku, sometimes referred to as pseudohaiku, are very flexible. The word haiku is both singular as well as plural and so it is typically incorrect to say ‘haikus’.

   2010, Sheila Vijayan, Just Three Lines, page v