Writing Haiku 俳句を書き方

The cherry blossoms,
A unique repetition
Springing into fall

桜だ
得意繰り返し
秋に弾んで

I've wanted to write down a list of rules for Haiku. So I thought tonight would be a good night to put them down. Here's a brief list. (My favorite part of this list is how contradictory they are!)

1-Seventeen Syllables in three lines divided into 5-7-5.
2-Write what can be said in one breath
3-Use a seasonal work or reference
4-Never have all three lines make a run on sentence
5-Have two images that are only comparative when illuminated by the third image
6-Have two images that are only associated when connected by a third image
7-Have two images that are contrasted by a third image.
8-Always write in present tense.
9-Study the order in which the images are presented, Distant, Close, micro.
10-Avoid Rhymes
11-Rhyme
12-Use word sounds to echo feeling
13-Avoid to many, or all verbs
14-Don't use more than one modifier per noun.
15-Write down each Haiku that comes to you.
16-Make the first line the most catching
17-Make the last line the punch line
18-Write about ordinary things
19-Study any religion or philosophy and let this echo in your verse.
20-Use only concrete images
21-Attempt to have have many layers of meaning
22-Use words that evoke simple images
23-Use images that evoke classical elegant separateness
24-Use images that evoke nostalgic romantic images
25-Use images that evoke a mysterious alone-ness
26-Use puns and word plays.
27-Tell it like it is.
28-Use only images from Nature
29-Avoid all reference to yourself
30-Use no punctuation
31-Use normal punctuation
32-use more or less syllables than 5-7-5.
33-make each sentence a complete thought.
34- Make the first two lines a separate thought from the first.
35-Let the Haiku come from a moment of inspiration.

I think the best thing is how many time the rules contradict themselves.
Obviously try to keep the seasonal reference in your haiku,.

Why are some of the rules contradictory?
-So you can make up your own haiku. Haiku are about capturing a moment, not the rules on how to do it.

-The photo is taken in Koko-en Garden adjacent to Himeji Castle.

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