Haiku

The haiku is a Japanese verse in three lines. Line one has 5 syllables, line two has 7 syllables and line three has 5 syllables. Usually haikus are about nature. They do not rhyme and do not have metaphors or similes.

Examples

Old crow in command

Always foraging for food

On his daily route

A color riot

Lilac bush bursts into bloom

A splash of flowers

Ink black night cover

A wrapper of soft silence

Our way lit with stars

Water slaps the shore

Against the white crystal sand

Under a hot sun

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