A Japanese verse form in five lines, the first and third composed of five syllables and the rest of seven.

thats pretty tough.

i can t come up with one on my own.

here are some

Sent anonymously to a man who had passed in front of the screens of my room

Should the world of love

end in darkness,

without our glimpsing

that cloud-gap

where the moon’s light fills the sky?

2

Sent to a man who seemed to have changed his mind

Since my heart placed me

on board your drifting ship,

not one day has passed

that I haven’t been drenched

in cold waves.

3

Sent in a letter attached to a rice stalk with an empty seed husk

How sad that I hope

to see you even now,

after my life has emptied itself

like this stalk of grain

into the autumn wind.

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Heart! We will forget him!

Heart! We will forget him!

You and I– tonight!

You may forget the warmth he gave–

I will forget the light!

When you have done, pray tell me

That I may straight begin!

Haste! lest while you’re lagging

I remember him!