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- noun Plural form of
haiku .
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Examples
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Are you trying to write haikus or are you just showing off your lack of education?
Think Progress » Brown wins Massachusetts special election; Coakley concedes. 2010
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Are you trying to write haikus or are you just showing off your lack of education?
Think Progress » Brown wins Massachusetts special election; Coakley concedes. 2010
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He explained to me that while the poems I wrote were interesting, they were not haikus.
The Adults Alison Espach 2011
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He writes moving haikus from letters cut out of the newspaper.
Baby Teak Michael Seidel 2011
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I was pleased with your haikus, Mr. Basketball said in class the next week, handing them back to us.
The Adults Alison Espach 2011
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The Japanese are known for their brevity in literature, mostly with the worldwide celebrated haikus, but their sense to get down to the point and write the distilled and concentrated essence of their topic crosses into speculative fiction.
Temple Library Reviews on ALL YOU NEED IS KILL « Haikasoru: Space Opera. Dark Fantasy. Hard Science. 2009
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You can also send us your own haikus there we'll be adding more over the coming days or on our guide to the National Cherry Blossom Festival.
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Check out some of the haikus on our haiku randomizer, which scrolls through some of the best submissions with a quick click.
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Here at the Going Out Guide we're immersed in all things cherry blossom, not the least of which are readers' haikus honoring the spring bloom.
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I * could* re-write this comment in a sequence of lame haikus, but I figure being clearer trumps being clever. (* crosses fingers*)
Fill my idea jar! « 2009
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