Wordz » Haiku http://www.wordz.in/blog A word a day keeps ignorance at bay!® Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:40:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Haiku http://www.wordz.in/blog/2009/08/haiku/ http://www.wordz.in/blog/2009/08/haiku/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:14:12 +0000 admin http://www.wordz.in/blog/?p=146 Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry, consisting of 17 moras (or on), in three metrical phrases of 5, 7, and 5 moras respectively. Haiku typically contain a kigo, or seasonal reference, and a kireji or verbal caesura. In Japanese, haiku are traditionally printed in a single vertical line, while haiku in English usually appear in three lines, to parallel the three metrical phrases of Japanese haiku.

hatsu shigure saru mo komino wo hoshige nari
<translates to>
the first cold shower
even the monkey seems to want
a little coat of straw

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