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<blockquote data-quote="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)" data-source="post: 454701" data-attributes="member: 12570"><p>LLG, this is for you:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Haiku (<a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%BF%B3%E5%8F%A5" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366bb">俳句</span></a>, <em>haikai verse</em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Japanese" target="_blank"><span style="color: #00e"><span style="font-size: 9px">?</span></span></a>)</strong> <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Haiku.ogg" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/11px-Loudspeaker.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/71/Haiku.ogg" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8">listen</span></a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Media_help" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8">help</span></a>·<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Haiku.ogg" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8">info</span></a>)</em>, plural <em>haiku</em>, is a form of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_poetry" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8">Japanese poetry</span></a>, consisting of 17 Japanese <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onji" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8">on</span></a></em> (a phonetic unit identical to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mora_(linguistics)" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8">mora</span></a>), in three metrical phrases of 5, 7, and 5 <em>on</em> respectively<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku#cite_note-0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8">[1]</span></a>, and typically containing a <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kigo" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8">kigo</span></a></em>, or seasonal reference. In Japanese, haiku are traditionally printed in a single vertical line, while <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku_in_English" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8">haiku in English</span></a> usually appear in three lines, to equate to the Japanese haiku's three metrical phrases<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku#cite_note-1" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8">[2]</span></a>. Previously called <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokku" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8">hokku</span></a></em>, it was given its current name by the Japanese writer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaoka_Shiki" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8">Masaoka Shiki</span></a> at the end of the 19th century.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(BTW, I realize you were being sarcastic so I thought I'd return the favor.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret), post: 454701, member: 12570"] LLG, this is for you: [B]Haiku ([URL="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%BF%B3%E5%8F%A5"][COLOR=#3366bb]俳句[/COLOR][/URL], [I]haikai verse[/I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Japanese"][COLOR=#00e][SIZE=1]?[/SIZE][/COLOR][/URL])[/B] [I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Haiku.ogg"][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/11px-Loudspeaker.svg.png[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/71/Haiku.ogg"][COLOR=#002bb8]listen[/COLOR][/URL] ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Media_help"][COLOR=#002bb8]help[/COLOR][/URL]·[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Haiku.ogg"][COLOR=#002bb8]info[/COLOR][/URL])[/I], plural [I]haiku[/I], is a form of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_poetry"][COLOR=#002bb8]Japanese poetry[/COLOR][/URL], consisting of 17 Japanese [I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onji"][COLOR=#002bb8]on[/COLOR][/URL][/I] (a phonetic unit identical to the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mora_(linguistics)"][COLOR=#002bb8]mora[/COLOR][/URL]), in three metrical phrases of 5, 7, and 5 [I]on[/I] respectively[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku#cite_note-0"][COLOR=#002bb8][1][/COLOR][/URL], and typically containing a [I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kigo"][COLOR=#002bb8]kigo[/COLOR][/URL][/I], or seasonal reference. In Japanese, haiku are traditionally printed in a single vertical line, while [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku_in_English"][COLOR=#002bb8]haiku in English[/COLOR][/URL] usually appear in three lines, to equate to the Japanese haiku's three metrical phrases[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku#cite_note-1"][COLOR=#002bb8][2][/COLOR][/URL]. Previously called [I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokku"][COLOR=#002bb8]hokku[/COLOR][/URL][/I], it was given its current name by the Japanese writer [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaoka_Shiki"][COLOR=#002bb8]Masaoka Shiki[/COLOR][/URL] at the end of the 19th century. (BTW, I realize you were being sarcastic so I thought I'd return the favor.) [/QUOTE]
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