It is not sufficient for haiku to simply convey a message in a 5-7-5 pattern. Good haiku flies and flutters. There's a beauty in the rhythm alone, but each individual word seems a jewel. Shorter words seem to work better than longer. It should curl back on itself. In your mind, it should look like this:
It should not be rectangular. It should not be open-ended. It should not point the mind outward away from itself.
(Of course, need I say that this is only my opinion?)
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