The truth of haiku--
They must be in an Eastern
Character-based tongue.
In Chinese haiku
Or even in Japanese;
Word is syllable.
In English haiku
Words are not one character;
They have syllables.
Therefore I must say
That English language haiku
Is not quite the same.
Worse yet the haiku
That spans phrases over more
Than one line. So bad.
Therefore I urge you
If you speak English language
Do not write haiku.
The best haiku
Written in English language
Was by a program:
Troupe of apes moving
Beside the sewage river...
How sad the morning! | 
