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- Japanese Poetry to Tantalize a Reader with Images of a Shared JourneyThe Haibun poetry form is based on a Journey written with Prose, and a Haiku or Senryu following the prose. One can write as many verses as one likes.
- HaikuThe traditional Japanese Haiku poetry form spoke of nature and what place humans had in it. Poets, today, write about any subject.
Stumped HaikuDo not want any denials? Write a haiku!
Denied Article HaikuHaiku about another denied article.- Elemental Animal HaikusThese are four haikus, one for each element and using an animal as a focus for the poem. They seek to paint a stirring portrait of the animals, as well as placing them in the greater context of natural world.
- To Love Too MuchThis is a Tanka stating that this person has a fear of loving too much.