The NaPoWriMo prompt for Day 27 is to write a hay(na)ku. This is like a haiku, but focuses on the number of words and relaxes the usual “rules” of haiku. The form was invented by an American teacher, to be more accessible for her students and easier to write. It’s a stanza consisting of three lines, with one word in the first line, two in the second and three in the third. You can write a hay(na)ku “sonnet” by stringing four stanzas together, and ending with a couplet of three words per line.
hips
sway like
Chubby Checkers’ girl
hips
sway wide
for her lover
lips
move on
and kiss another
hips
age, erode
swap out parts
lips
still fickle
swap out hearts
hips will heal
hearts still reel
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