Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Japanese lyric verse form having three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five morae, traditionally invoking an aspect of nature or the seasons.
- noun A verse form in another language modeled on the Japanese haiku, typically counting syllables instead of morae.
- noun A poem written in this form.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
Japanese poem of a specific form, consisting of three lines, the first and last consisting of fivemorae , and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme. - noun A three-line poem in any language, with five
syllables in the first and last lines and seven syllables in the second, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme. - noun Plural form of
haiku .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines
Etymologies
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Examples
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For our purpose, the use of the term haiku will imply the three-line, five / seven / five syllabic pattern common to this form of Japanese poem.
unknown title 2009
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For our purpose, the use of the term haiku will imply the three-line, five / seven / five syllabic pattern common to this form of Japanese poem.
unknown title 2009
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For our purpose, the use of the term haiku will imply the three-line, five / seven / five syllabic pattern common to this form of Japanese poem.
unknown title 2009
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For our purpose, the use of the term haiku will imply the three-line, five / seven / five syllabic pattern common to this form of Japanese poem.
unknown title 2009
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The first movement sets 8 of Ashbery's "37 Haiku" — after a swooping-down glissando opening, each haiku is declaimed by a solo singer while the rest accompany on "ahs" and "oohs" derived from the word haiku itself.
Archive 2008-07-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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The first movement sets 8 of Ashbery's "37 Haiku" — after a swooping-down glissando opening, each haiku is declaimed by a solo singer while the rest accompany on "ahs" and "oohs" derived from the word haiku itself.
Magna Carter (5): Role modeling Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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This collection is actually a reprint of an anthology first published for Acorn Books, an independent publisher that specialises in haiku and minimalist poetry: an appropriate home for Mills's brevity.
Screwtop Thompson by Magnus Mills – review Alice Fisher 2010
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Today it is like answering an interview question in haiku and thus allows those who have superior communication skills to succeed.
Confucianism vs. Irrational Voters, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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One may enter as many times as a haiku is written for southern books read this summer.
Haiku Review Time ____Maggie 2009
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Will probably write about the movie later (and not in haiku form as I think I have lots to say, just gotta let it gather in my mind for a few days, y'know).
Books in 2009, #10 pabba 2009
oroboros commented on the word haiku
Ah, sweet sunset glow
Softly, softly fading low
But oh! the bright moon
December 24, 2006
oroboros commented on the word haiku
Ukiah in reverse.
July 22, 2007
asativum commented on the word haiku
You might be surprised
How well life can be condensed
Into a haiku.
January 24, 2008
uselessness commented on the word haiku
Especially if
You're unusually fond
Of steroidal dimes.
January 24, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word haiku
Haiku a bitter duck might write.
August 26, 2008
tbtabby commented on the word haiku
Clowns are raining down.
Hear the scream of the grease paint!
Danger! Clown puddles.
March 8, 2009
super-thegirlnextfloor commented on the word haiku
In the 7th grade, we did haiku poems in class one day and I can still remember exactly what I wrote:
"One crystal tear falls
Followed by warm summer's mist
Sunshine dries my hate"
June 23, 2009
bilby commented on the word haiku
Brava.
June 23, 2009
bilby commented on the word haiku
There was an old man
From Peru, whose lim'ricks all
Look'd like haiku. He
Said with a laugh "I
Cut them in half, the pay is
Much better for two."
- anon.
September 27, 2009