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Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips Poetry: How to write a Haiku poem

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Interested in Haiku? Think you've got the stamina for it? Haiku finds its genesis in late nineteenth century Japan. The haiku style is derived from hokku. Hokku translated means "starting verse." It would take much more space and available time than I currently have to explain the various terms related to Haiku poetry. Suffice it to say Haiku poetry has a set pattern for sounds, which we have modernized by a set or pattern of syllables. That pattern is generally 5-7-5. In other words, the first verse contains 5 syllables, second verse - 7 syllables, and third verse 5 syllables again....

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