Look up: Haiku

1. Haiku
   Miniature Japanese poem consisting of 17 syllables - five syllables in first line, seven in second and five in the last. No rhyme or meter scheme is employed when writing haiku. The aim of the haiku is to create something greater than the sum of the parts e.g.
   Reflections
   Today your surface
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2. haiku
   [n] - an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines
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3. haiku
   17-syllable Japanese verse genre, usually divided into three lines of five, seven, and five syllables. Japanese poet Basho popularized the form in the 17th century. It evolved from the...
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4. Haiku
   Japanese form. The poem has three lines and 17 syllables in total in the pattern 5, 7, 5: Loving, faithful, fun Trusting and loyal and true Chocolate-brown Suki
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5. haiku
   noun an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines
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6. haiku
   unrhymed Japanese poetic form consisting of 17 syllables arranged in three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively. The term haiku is derived ... [13 related articles]
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7. haiku
   Japanese poem of three unrhyming lines in 5, 7, and 5 syllables. For example, windshield wipers swish and Monday fm blues say melancholy grace (I.L.)
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8. haiku
   haiku (hī'kOO) , an unrhymed Japanese poem recording the essence of a moment keenly perceived, in which nature is linked to human nature. It usually consists of 17 jion (Japanese symbol-sounds). The term is also used for foreign adaptations of the haiku, notably the poems of the imagists. ...
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9. haiku
   17-syllable Japanese verse genre, usually divided into three lines of five, seven, and five syllables. Japanese poet Basho popularized the form in the 17th century. It evolved from the 31-syllable tanka form dominant from the 8th century
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10. Haiku
    (operating system) `Haiku` is a free and open source operating system compatible with BeOS. Its development began in 2001, and the operating system became accessdate=2008-06-25-->--> with the first Software release life cycle#Alpha|alpha release in September 2009, the second in May 2010 and t...
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