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Name:
Haiku Poetry

Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry. The form is 17 syllables in three lines with the following
pattern:

The first line is five syllables


The second line is seven syllables
The third line is five syllables.

Examples:

A Rainbow

Curving up, then down.


Meeting blue sky and green earth
Melding sun and rain.

The Rose

The red blossom bends


and drops its dew to the ground
Like a tear is falls.

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