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

I wanted to protest that I wasn’t tired and I’d never made up a haiku in my life, but Apollo snapped his fingers, and the next thing I knew I was closing my eyes.

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan