! ! Pooh Bear Defines Haiku Comments

Hai! You took my ku!

How many sticks does a Pooh Bear need If his Poohstick sticks on the reeds? Just this Hai! from Michael should do to set free any sticks that stick inside you.

Pooh Bear is, as always, wiser than he knows - 'hai! ' is the Japanese exclamation at a nice surprise; and there are one or two pauses in a haiku where the mind must cross a bridge or jump a stream in its thinking...