Haiku

Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry in a 5-7-5 syllable format in which it adds up to 17 syllables altogether.

Examples are as such:

Japanese Example:

Old Pond
by Matsuo Bashō
古池や蛙飛込む水の音
ふるいけやかわずとびこむみずのおと
Pronounced as:
fu-ru-i-ke ya (5)
ka-wa-zu to-bi-ko-mu (7)
mi-zu no o-to (5)

English Example:

Whitecaps on the bay: (5)
A broken signboard banging (7)
In the April Wind (5)

by Richard Wright
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My Creation:

Wind

The wind in the fields, (5)
It caresses our faces. (7)
How cooling it is. (5)

- Heng Wei Shin