The lune
is also known as the American Haiku. It was first created by the poet Robert
Kelly (truly a great poet) and was a result of Kelly’s frustration with English
haiku. After much experimentation, he settled on a 13-syllable, self-contained
poem that has 5 syllables in the first line, 3 syllables in the second line and
5 syllable in the final line.
There is a
variant lune created by poet Jack Collom. His form is also a self-contained
tercet, but his poem is word-based (not syllable-based) and has the structure
of 3 words in the first line, 5 words in the second line and 3 words in the
final line.
As with
Kelly’s lune, there are no other rules.
Thanks to
Robert Lee Brewer
Recap: Kelly Lune, Syllables: 5-3-5
Collom Lune, Words:
3-5-3
Any topic, meter, rhyme, metaphor
allowed.
Whereas
Haiku is a Japanese word the the plural is still Haiku,
If
you write more than one Lune, they are Lunes.
Related Forms: Alphabet Haiku, Crystalline, Haibun, Haiga, Haiku, Haikuette, Kimo, Lune, Pixiku, Rhaiku, Sijo, Ukiah, Zip
Examples
How to Write
a Collom Lune
Lune
authorship permits
words, not
syllables be counted
three, five,
three.
Rhyming
Kelly Lune
Rhyming a a
a
all the way
becomes
quite okay.
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