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Tag: haiku

There is no dictionary definition of haiku. Connotationally, in English haiku have been published containing 1-to-over 27 syllables, though the median is around 12. Lineation can also vary. Important attributes are disjunction, extreme concision, omission, and ambiguity regarding (singular) meaning or interpretation.

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11 May 202611 May 2026 Richard Gilbert
Michele Root-Bernstein

epigraft 2

11 May 202611 May 2026 Richard Gilbert
Michele Root-Bernstein

epigraft 3

11 May 202611 May 2026 Richard Gilbert
Michele Root-Bernstein

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11 May 202611 May 2026 Richard Gilbert
Sabine Miller

31

11 May 202611 May 2026 Richard Gilbert
Sabine Miller

30

11 May 202611 May 2026 Richard Gilbert
Sabine Miller

14

11 May 202611 May 2026 Richard Gilbert
Susan Yavaniski

13

11 May 202611 May 2026 Richard Gilbert
Susan Yavaniski

12

11 May 202611 May 2026 Richard Gilbert
Susan Yavaniski

11

11 May 202611 May 2026 Richard Gilbert
Susan Yavaniski

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