Thursday, August 02, 2007

Olivia's (sort-of) haiku

Haiku is a type of Japanese poetry. Here are several facts about an english haiku:

  • It is usually split into 3 lines, unlike the Japanese version which is usually in one line.

  • There are commas, hyphens, elipses, or implied breaks.

  • They refer to the natural world.

  • They are usually in the present tense.

  • Each line in a haiku follows the 5-7-5 syllables pattern - 1st line 5 syllables and so on.


Here is Olivia's (sort-of) haiku:

I love my bear bear,
Cute and soft like a cushion,
I kiss him a lot.

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