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Traditional Japanese Haiku, pronounced, high-koo, is a short poem of seventeen syllables in three lines of five, seven, five, usually inspired by the observation of the natural world. However, in this poetry book, Modern Day Japanese Haiku has kept close to the essence and structure of a traditional haiku, but sometimes, stray away from the natural world as the main subject. In some cases, Modern Day Haiku give meaning to insignificant subject matter that evokes an emotional response in the poet. Of the 173 haiku's, some are thought provoking, comical, sensual, erotic, silly... a few mind-blowing