haiku
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Later in the record, “La Yugular” is a philosophical meditation on unity and oneness with lyrics in Spanish and Arabic, which suggests that the entire world might fit inside a haiku.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
A haiku by the famous Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō reads, “a caterpillar / this deep in fall / still not a butterfly.”
From Science Magazine • Apr. 4, 2024
To further his point, Mr Beauchamp then convinced the chatbot to criticise DPD in the form of a haiku, a Japanese poem.
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2024
She kind of tried every form: There are sonnets, poems that are sort of like haiku, everything.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2023
“For this assignment, I chose to do a haiku instead.”
From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan
Vocabulary lists containing haiku
Reading: Literature - Poetry - Introductory
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Poetry: Genres
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Reading: Literature - Poetry - Middle School
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