TRISTICH:The most well known being HIKU the English language version of HAIKU 'the phonetical&cultural original ' Japanese' poem form in verse freed from syllabic constraint within its triplicity of format&still inherently enigmatic with a caesura and surprise ending

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CINQUAIN american- Crapsey imagist English response to the Japanese haiku genre

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If it pains it's a wound,if it panes it's a window but we see through them non-the-less.

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Definition of a haiku-written in 1, 2 or 3 lines sometimes 4, less is more, more or less-about rain, the sun or frogs in a pond, always but never, Note-if you are counting syllables or words, don't forget to divide by the number of lines and please use the on-line Japanese counter-converter

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