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Lights in the summer nightmake a false startIn the evening sunset Haikus are literary icons. Japanese poems that follow the simple rule 5 7 5, three lines, 17 syllables. But the thing they never really teach in American English class is how broadly fantastic these poems can be in their native language. Within the JapaneseContinue reading “Experiencing Japanese Poems Through Anime: Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop”