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Haiku

Haiku (俳句; .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}English: /ˈhaɪk.uː/, Japanese: ⓘ) is a type of short-form poetry that originated in Japan. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases…

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related to Italian-language haiku · 40
Haiku → Akiko Yosano, An Italian, Andrea Zanzotto, Associazione Italiana Amici, Chicago, Chicago Press, Cultura, Edoardo Sanguineti, English, France, From, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Hai-kai, Harukichi Shimoi, In, In Italy, Italian, Italian Friends, Italian Haiku Association, Japan
related to English-language haiku · 32
Haiku → American, American Poets, Amy Lowell, At, Couchoud's, English, English-language, Ezra Pound, February, Flint, French, Imagist, Imagist Poets' Club, Imagists, In, Japanese, Japanese Hokku, London, Metro, Noguchi
related to Southeastern Europe · 31
Haiku → Alexander Neugebauer, Ancient Japan, Basho, Beginning, Buddhist, Cultural, Dejan Razić, Desanka Maksimović, Dubravko Ivančan, Godišnja, Haikai Poetry, He, Historical Context, In, Japana, Japanese, Japanese Poetry, Leptirova, Milan Tokin's, Miloš Crnjanski's Poezija
related to Spanish-language haiku · 31
Haiku → Antonio Machado, Biombo, Carlos Gutiérrez Cruz, Carlos Pellicer, Catalan, El, Federico García Lorca, In, In Spain, Isaac, Jaime Torres Bodet, Joan Alcover, Joan Salvat-Papasseit, Josep Maria Junoy, José Juan Tablada, Juan Ramón Jiménez, La Sombrilla Japonesa, Luis Cernuda, Mexicans, Much
related to Haiku in other languages · 28
Haiku → Ashitha, Bangalore, Bangladesh, Bengali, Europe, He, Her, Hiroshima Haiku, In, In February, In France, In Gujarati, In South Asia, India, Indian, Japan, Japanese, Jhinabhai Desai, Malayalam, Nobel
related to Henderson · 25
Haiku → ABA, After World War II, American Occupation, An Anthology, An Introduction, Bashô, Because, Blyth, Doubleday Anchor Books, English, Harold, Henderson, Henderson's, Houghton Mifflin, Imperial Household, In, Japan, Japanese, Nevertheless, Poems
related to Bashō · 19
Haiku → Bashō, English, Even, He, His, Hokku, Hosomichi, In, Interior, Japan, Japanese, Matsuo Bashō, Narrow Roads, Oku, Shinto, The Bashō, They, This, Uejima Onitsura
related to Yasuda · 18
Haiku → Classic Japanese Poems, English, His, History, In, Its Essential Nature, Japanese, Kenneth Yasuda, Original Haiku, Pepper-Pod, Possibilities, Selected Examples, The, The Japanese Haiku, The Japanese-American, This, Yasuda, Yasuda's
related to Shiki · 17
Haiku → Bashō, Being, Buddhism, Buson, English, European, Further, He, Hokku, Japanese, Like, Masaoka Shiki, Shiki, Shiki's, Since, The, Western
related to Blyth · 15
Haiku → Asian, Blyth, Blyth's History, English, English-speaking, Englishman, He, His, In, Japan, Japanese, Shiki, This, Today Blyth, Zen

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japanese english hokku poetry shiki also published form haikai bashō kireji japan two first renku traditional one time poems written

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Haikuis afollowing0.90text
a dash or ellipsisinstance ofpoets sometimes use punctuation0.80text
or an implied break to create a juxtaposition intended to prompt the reader to reflect on the relationship between the two parts.The kireji in the Bashō examplesinstance ofpoets sometimes use punctuation0.80text
Kitōinstance ofand others0.80text
called the Tenmei style after the Tenmei Erainstance ofand others0.80text
Basil Hall Chamberlaininstance ofEarly Western scholars0.80text
Ezra Poundinstance ofwho passed on Couchoud's ideas to other members of the proto-Imagist Poets' Club0.80text
Kobayashi Issainstance ofHe also studied classical haiku poets0.80text
Matsuo Bashōinstance ofHe also studied classical haiku poets0.80text
racial capitalisminstance ofhave used the concise form to address social reform and critique issues0.80text
post-war alienationinstance ofhave used the concise form to address social reform and critique issues0.80text
and the trauma of conflictinstance ofhave used the concise form to address social reform and critique issues0.80text

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