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How to pronounce haiku in English?

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Type of poem, verse form

Examples of haiku

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This was no hipster haiku between a cool T shirt and a pair of customized jeans.
From the time.com
Actually, I find it quite an exhilerating time to be involved with haiku poetry.
From the guardian.co.uk
Just like when you write a sonnet or haiku, there are rules you have to abide by.
From the time.com
Humans have been honing the concise style of haiku poetry since the 17th century.
From the newscientist.com
It's beloved to the point that in haiku, somen is a word that signifies summer.
From the latimes.com
Like haiku or hieroglyphics, diplomatic language often requires interpretation.
From the time.com
He equated his form of writing with the traditional poetry of Japan, the haiku.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Ibuki reads Yoichi's lewd haiku about her and sends him flying into Ayame's room.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A 1994 program, he says, put haiku on theater marquees in New York's Times Square.
From the online.wsj.com
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  • A Japanese poem composed of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables. Haiku often reflect on some aspect of nature.
  • A Japanese poetic form which originated in the sixteenth century. A haiku in its Japanese language form consists of three lines: five syllables in the first and third lines, and seven syllables in the second line. A haiku translated may not contain the same syllabication. ...
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  • (HI-COO)-a verse of haikai- Thus it originally meant a verse taken from a renga, but in this century, it was coined by Shiki to be synonymous with hokku. ...