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Illustrations by kind permission of Eri Takase, http://www.takase.com/		 Stuff stuffed in this section

In a nutshell - history and weblinks
The basics - some key pointers about style
Haiku gallery - classic and contemporary with musical accompanimentt

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  Syll-a-bles

A haiku has three lines of five, seven and five syllables, right?

Sort of. The 5-7-5 structure is based on the Japanese form, but their syllables are shorter than Western ones.

That's why Eastern haiku don't translate into seventeen English syllables and vice versa


 

  

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The pond and the river
Have become one,
In the spring rain

Buson

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