Haiku is a type of Japanese poetry. It consists of a short poem of seventeen "berries", usually consisting of three verses of five and seven "berries" respectively. This metric is not fixed. Commonly, "blackberries" are replaced by syllables when they are composed in other languages. The poetics of haiku is generally based on the amazement and emotion (aware) that the poet produces in the contemplation of nature.
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