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seventeen syllables that fit a universe into the space of a breath.

originBorn from the opening verse of longer linked poems
season wordTraditional haiku must hint at a season
basho's frogHis pond poem is Japan's most famous verse
syllable mythJapanese counts sound units, not English syllables
cut wordA kireji slices the poem into two clashing images
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