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5/6/6 modern haiku
A chapter in the book One Thousand Cranes
Overgrown Garden
by Gypsy Blue Rose
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![]() overgrown garden simmers in laziness — crickets chirp warms the heart ![]() |
MODERN HAIKU is the English adaptation of Classic Haiku. It's written in one to four lines with no strict syllable count but is as brief as possible. These poems use a pause usually marked by a dash before the satori (an insightful twist to ponder). Images don't need to be taken from nature. Seasonality is optional. Alliteration and metaphor are okay. Never rhymes. The em-dash ( -- ) is used to emphasize an interruption in speech before the satori. Haiku usually doesn't have a title but in fanstory, we have to have one. The Haiku Foundation of America
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