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Wednesday, 20 November 2013

Haiku

  Haikus   Haiku is one of the best known and most loved forms of Japanese poetry. It is a beautiful way of expressing the moment and can inspire creativity on even our most unimaginative days. Traditionally there is form and structure in haiku composition. In its strictest form it only has essential words, and contains 17 syllables. A classic haiku is 3 lines long, made up of 5-7-5 syllables. It aslo contains kigo (season word), which suggests th...

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