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The following is a list of {{tp|leko nimi}} poems:
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* [https://liputenpo.org/lipu-tenpo-nanpa-mun/ "{{tp|soweli}}", "{{tp|kasi lili}}", "{{tp|pu ala}}", and "{{tp|waso}}"] by {{tok|jan Ali}} (p. 12)
* [https://omekapo.gitbook.io/jan-culture/lifestyle/art#leko-nimi Untitled] by {{tok|kule epiku Atawan}}
* [https://liputenpo.org/lipu-tenpo-nanpa-nimi/ "{{tp|toki musi pi nasin tu}}"] by {{tok|jan Ke Tami}} (p. 12)
* [https://omekapo.gitbook.io/jan-culture/lifestyle/art#leko-nimi "{{tp|tomo moku}}"] by {{tok|jan Likipi}}
* [https://reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/1b3rz61/leko_nimi_pi_soweli_moli/ "{{tp|soweli moli}}"] by u/Medium_Specialist622
* [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/340307145373253642/944692073448230943/76C9F681-8C63-40D4-A9A9-EDA171B9D7EC.jpg Untitled] by {{tok|waso Pini lon kulupu pi wawa sewi}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20231002201351/https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/340307145373253642/944692073448230943/76C9F681-8C63-40D4-A9A9-EDA171B9D7EC.jpg Archived])
 
===Letter squares===
There are 39 possible letter squares with each line and each row being exactly one word, using words from [[Linku]] (with 2022 data).<ref>{{tok|jan Ke Tami}} (@retsamys). [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/340307145373253642/1027731901663936512/squares.txt <code>squares.txt</code>]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20231002201254/https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/340307145373253642/1027731901663936512/squares.txt Archived] from the original on 2 October 2023. ''Discord''.</ref>
 
===Syllable squares===
There are 335 possible syllable squares with each line and each row being exactly one word, and an additional 91 squares if coda ''-n'' gets counted separately (moraically), using words from [[Linku]] (with 2022 data).<ref>{{tok|jan Ke Tami}} (@retsamys). [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/340307145373253642/1027740805860966451/squares.txt <code>squares.txt</code>]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20231002201209/https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/340307145373253642/1027740805860966451/squares.txt Archived] from the original on 2 October 2023. ''Discord''.</ref>
 
The following is a list of syllable square poems:
* [https://liputenpo.org/lipu-tenpo-nanpa-seli/ "{{tp|kiwen lukin}}" by {{tok|jan Kuleku Nena}}] (p. 13)
* A rectangular variation[https: [//toki.social/@metanomial/107699634841316800 {{tok|leko nimi suli nanpa wan pi toki pona}}] by {{tok|jan Pensamin}}]
 
==Other original formats==
 
===Juxtapoem===
A Juxtapoem {{aside|injuxtapoem (Toki Pona: {{tp|toki musi jasima}} or {{tp|toki musi pi ijo ante tu}}}}) is a format invented myby {{tok|jan Mali}}. They presented it during {{tp|[[suno pi toki pona]]}} 2021 and invited viewers to use it to write their own poems, which were read aloud on stream. The format involves describing a contrast between two different things.<ref>{{cite YouTube|id=KXbXmUBzlKc|title=A poem by any other name #1 {{!}} {{tok|suno pi toki pona}} {{!}} toki pona day 2021|author={{tok|jan Mali}}|channel={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|handle={{tok|maponapitokipona}}|date=2021-09-01|access-date=2024-03-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite YouTube|id=5mh2MYJTyX0|title=A poem by any other name #2 {{!}} {{tok|suno pi toki pona}} {{!}} toki pona day 2021|author={{tok|jan Mali}}|channel={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|handle={{tok|maponapitokipona}}|date=2021-09-03|access-date=2024-03-03}}</ref>
 
The format:
<pre>(ijo #1) li ___
li ______.
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la ______.</pre>
 
==PopularPoetry formats from other languages==
For more explanation and examples, see the recording of the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXbXmUBzlKc first] or [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mh2MYJTyX0 second] {{tp|suno pi toki pona}} presentation on YouTube.
 
===''Haiku''===
==Popular formats from other languages==
===Haiku===
{{w|Haiku}} is a short poetry format originating from Japan, usually consisting of three phrases composed of 17 [[mora]]s in a 5-7-5 pattern. In Western languages, it is common to count syllables instead of moras. Haiku do not normally have {{w|rhyme}} or {{w|Metre (poetry)|meter}}. In Toki Pona, moraic haiku (where the coda {{tp|-n}} is counted separately) and syllabic haiku (where coda {{tp|-n}} is not counted) both exist.
 
Some examples of Toki Pona haiku:
* [//wikisource.org/wiki/Toki_Haiku_kepeken_toki_pona[oldwikisource:toki {{tpHaiku kepeken toki pona|toki Haiku kepeken toki pona}}]] by Michael F. (11 syllabic haiku, [[pre-pu]])
 
====Traditional features of Japanese haiku====
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Beside the 5-7-5 structure, requirements for Japanese haiku traditionally include a {{w|kireji|"cutting word"}} and a {{w|kigo|"seasonal word"}}. Haiku are often, but not necessarily, about nature.
 
A {{w|kigo|"seasonal word"}} {{aside|Japanese: {{w|kigo|{{lang|ja|季語}} {{lang|ja-Latn|''kigo''}}}}}} is a word that has a cultural association with one of the four seasons, indicating in which part of the year the poem takes place. See "{{w|List of kigo}}" on Wikipedia for a list of examples. Some poets believe that it is more important that the poem conveys the atmosphere of a season than that it includes a specific seasonal word.<ref name="kanshou" /> Other poets also write "seasonless" haiku.<ref name="kanshou">
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{{cite book |author={{lang|ja|楊秋香}} |url=http://elib.bliss.chubu.ac.jp/webopac/XC10000103 |title={{lang|ja|『俳句の鑑賞とその翻訳』}} |journal={{lang|ja|中部大学人文学部論集}} |volume=24 |publisher={{lang|ja|中部大学人文学部}} |date=2010 |pages=43-54 |naid=120006518563}}</ref>
 
{{w|kireji|"Cutting words"}} {{aside|Japanese: {{w|kireji|{{lang|ja|切れ字}} {{lang|ja-Latn|''kireji''}}}}}} are a group of Japanese particles and verb endings that mark a break in the poem. They are typically placed at the end of the first or second phrase to cut the poem into two sections {{aside|5-7 and 5, or 5 and 7-5}}, indicating that the verse consists of two thoughts half independent of each other.<ref>{{cite book|author=Nobuyuki Yuasa|section=Translating 'the sound of water'|title=The Translator's Art|publihser=Penguin|date=1987|ISBN=0-14-009226-9|page=234}}</ref> The poet {{lang|ja-Latn|[[w:ja:復本一郎|Fukumoto Ichirō]]}} claims that a haiku is most interesting when these two thoughts are very far removed from each other but still have a thin connection.<ref name="fukumoto"/> Use of cutting words is in decline in Japan,<ref name="fukumoto">{{cite book|author={{lang|ja|復本一郎}}|title={{lang|ja|『俳句と川柳』}}|date=2014|publisher={{lang|ja|講談社学術文庫}}|pages=237-255}}</ref> and the two-section structure can also be implied without a cutting word. The strongest candidate for a cutting word in Toki Pona would likely be {{tp|[[a]]}}, with other options being {{tp|[[kin]]}} and {{tp|[[la]]}}.
 
====Closely related formats====
Haiku originate from the classical Japanese {{lang|ja-Latn|''{{w|renga}}''}} format which, like the modern {{lang|ja-Latn|''{{w|tanka}}''}} format, is composed of a 5-7-5 section followed by a 7-7 section.
 
==See also==
{{lang|ja-Latn|''{{w|Senryū}}''}} is another 5-7-5 format which otherwise shares none of the haiku's features listed above.
* ''[[User:jan Pensa/haiku guide|A guide for haiku writing in Toki Pona]]'' by [[jan Pensa]], about incorporating features of Japanese style haiku in Toki Pona
 
==References==