The Lune can be considered as the American counterpart of haiku. In the sources I have read thus far, it states that the Lune is more flexible than haiku as it is bound by less rules. The form is created by Robert Kelly, in the ‘60s of the past century.

Kelly’s form of the Lune has thirteen syllables, divided over three lines. There are no other restrictions to write the Lune. It is built up in this way:

Line 1: 5 syllables
Line 2: 3 syllables
Line 3: 5 syllables

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