Haiku

Definitions

1. A village in the census-designated place of Haiku-Pauwela, Hawaii, United States.
2. A Japanese poem in three lines, the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.
3. 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.

Equivalents

Examples

“Some of the results resemble⟳ haikus.”

“Haiku, a poem”

“five beats, then seven, then five”

“ends as it began.”

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