sometimes you can hear
the grass drinking the rain in
quenching its long thirst
after a bitter long drought
again, vibrant with life’s hope
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a Japanese poem consisting of five lines, the first and third of which have five syllables and the other seven, making 31 syllables in all and giving a complete picture of an event or mood.
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