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"If, after proper study, a verse does not clearly convey the circumstances and/or the emotion involved, it is not a haiku."
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Harold Gould Henderson
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Harold Gould Henderson (1889–1974) was an American academic, art historian and Japanologist. He was a Columbia University professor for twenty years. From 1948 through 1952, he was the President of the Japan Society in New York, and in 1968 he cofounded the Haiku Society of America.
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"Haiku...meditations...starting points for trains of thought"
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"If, in reading translations, you come across a haiku that does not convey to you any emotion at all, do not blame yourself or the poet. Blame it on the translator!"
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