haiku /ˈhʌɪkuː 
/ ▸ noun (plural haiku or plural haikus)
a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world. ▪ a poem in English written in the form of a haiku.
– ORIGIN Japanese, contracted form of haikai no ku ‘light verse’.
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