Japanese poem consisting of 17 syllables - five syllables in first line, seven in second and five in the last. No rhyme or meter scheme is employed when writing haiku. This form usually focuses on one image of nature in a certain season and evoking a single emotion and insight.
One by Bashõ: "Clouds now and then give / people a welcome respite / from moon watching," and another by Moritake: "Cherry blosoms / fall upwards to the branch — / and I see butterflies!"

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