haiku
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Reader Tim Torkildson of Virginia emailed a sardonic haiku in response:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
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
All of Williams’ images are paired with haiku poems his close childhood friend, the poet and spoken word recording artist Ursula Rucker, wrote for the piece.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2023
I pulled the folded haiku from my pocket and gave it back to Seanie.
From "Winger" by Andrew Smith
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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