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    <h1>Haiku Form Guide</h1>
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  (date 2025-05-24)
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<h2>Introduction</h2>
<p>Haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry, It often captures a moment in nature or an emotion in a few short lines.</p>
<h2>Form</h2>
<h5>Mora (On) Count</h5>
<ul>
<li>Traditional Japanese: 17 on in a 5-7-5 pattern</li>
<li>On does not equal English syllables (moras are rhytmic units); English haiku typically bend this count.</li>
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<h5>Lineation</h5>
<p>Haiku has Three Phrases (printed as three lines):</p>
<ul>
<li>5 on (phrase 1)</li>
<li>7 on (phrase 2)</li>
<li>5 on (phrase 3)</li>
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<h2>Terminology</h2>
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<tr><td>Term</td><td>Japanese</td><td>Description</td></tr>
<tr><td>On</td><td>音 (on)</td><td>Phonetic “beat” in Japanese; English haiku use syllables loosely.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Kigo</td><td>季語 (kigo)</td><td>A reference to a season or natural phenomenon anchoring the poem in time.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Kireji</td><td>切れ字 (kireji)</td><td>A “cut” or caesura that creates a juxtaposition or pause.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Saijiki</td><td>歳時記 (saijiki)</td><td>A compendium of kigo organized by season and sub-season.</td></tr>
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