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Haikus Are Getting Angry – Go With It!

Haikus Are Getting Angry – Go With It!

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Haikus Are Getting Angry – Go With It!
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Haikus Are Getting Angry – Go With It! A rigid structure in poetry, as in writing fiction, will elevate emotion if you give in to it.

A haiku about a favorite tree sounds like a mechanism devoid of feeling.

But I will improvise a little here:

The soft croak of boughs

Old, tired, yawning with wind

Cranky oak stands fast.

“Cranky Oak” [Title]

I just made that up…

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