Love Is Tinder

Bravo on the content! thoroughly enjoyed the imagery!  

In regards to authentic haiku, one of the oldest and most important guidelines for writing haiku is that there should be just one break in the grammar.

The first or third line should stand alone (the fragment) while the other two lines are joined grammatically (the phrase).

It's a good idea to put punctuation, either an ellipsis (...) but more often a dash (-), where you think there is a break in the haiku.

I suggest dashing after L1, and losing all caps, as traditional haiku has none.  

    her love is tinder -
a raging fire set ablaze
  by glowing embers

I considered that, myself, but now that I've gotten comfortable with the way it looks, it kind of feels weird to see it without all of the 'embellishment'. I also kind of liked the pause after "a raging fire" and felt like it added to the effect, but perhaps I'm wrong. Also, the caps is just a perfectionist thing, and since I'm such a stickler for structure, it just wasn't as aesthetically pleasing to me in all lowercase letters; a product of my own particularities . I guess I just haven't read enough traditional haikus to get used to that yet. Or perhaps I'm just stubborn, heh.

I guess you could call this a modernized English version of haiku since it's not about nature, it's not in Japanese, and is less concerned with that specific structure.

With that said, honestly, you're probably right that it would be more widely-enjoyed in the form that you suggested, though, but who knows. I might change it; let me think about it ;)

I don't see anything wrong with the pause as it is, that's why I didn't suggest removal.   Poetry is flexible, always has been or the greats such as Cummings wouldn't be on the books.  We each have our own unique style.

Both haiku and senryu can be about nature or human nature.  Senryu tend to be about human foibles and are often cynical or darkly humorous while haiku are more serious.  

Oooh, I see what you were suggesting. I guess it really doesn't matter too much. I realize that I have have a tendency to be overly critical of my poetry. It seems the more I pick it apart and try to 'perfect' it, the less I tend to enjoy it, so I should probably just to let it be I suppose.  
 
Thanks again for your suggestions, and also for educating me a bit more about the different poetry styles. I am very fond of your writings, so I really respect your opinion about poetry.  
   
EDIT: And back again... Haha.

Powerful imagery in a few words. Beautifully penned haiku.

This one was a blessing, as it came to me while at work, and instead of brushing over the thought and forgetting about it like I would normally do, I thought to myself, "I have to remember that one!"

I'm so glad that you enjoyed it! Thanks for stopping by again, summer!

You're welcome New Beginnings. I enjoy writing haiku too.

Now this really good. I didn't even realize it was haiku. I understood it completely without having to get all transcendental, mystic, and Zen.
That in itself is masterful.
Thank You

Thank you for your heartfelt comment, man! I appreciate it!

short  but intense....
yeahh..this moves the Richter

Thanks so much, Naajir! I like the creative, poetic way you used to express that it moved you :)

:) thanks, that's sweet. I'm glad that you enjoyed it; she does too!

Short and to the point

Thanks for stopping by, Leo :)