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Haiku is a Japanese poetry form utilizing a strict meter, consisting of a first line of five syllables, a second of seven syllables, and a final line of five syllables.

For example:

It’s five-seven-five

Meter, with or without rhyme

Often about stuff.

Twitter is a popular Internet social connection service, where users can send “tweets” (messages of no more than 140 characters) to their network, or “followers.” Part of Twitter’s popularity is that these messages can be sent from mobile devices like cellular phones, making up-to-the-minute updates possible. And, best of all, it’s free.

As a Twitter user, I see a lot of brief “this is what I’m doing” messages from my network. It’s dry stuff, really. So one morning I decided I’d arrange my update in haiku. And I’ve been doing it ever since. It’s a little bit of something different that can bring a smile.

And I’d like to invite everyone to join in for a day. On Sunday, November 16, 2008, it would be a blast to see what happens when Twitter goes haiku.