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write a paragraph about this poem, using at least one of the terms.

TERM: syllable, stanza

 Poem

We’re going to look at some additional poems now, starting with those in certain poetic forms. The first is the haiku, a Japanese form in which the poem has a three line stanza with a specific syllable pattern. There are five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third.

Dragnet Haiku

by Aaron Gold

This story is true.

Only the names have been changed

For their protection.

Sunday, July 5th.

I'm on robbery with Frank.

Then a call came in.

"Friday, Robbery.

"Please calm down, ma'am. Where are you?

We'll be right over."

"My name's Joe Friday.

Did you see what happened here?

Please, ma'am, just the facts."

"Hey, bud, where were you

when this robbery went down?"

"I was in Van Nuys."

"Hey, look at this, Joe."

"What's that, Frank? Some fingerprints?

Now we know who lied."

"I did nothing, cop!"

"Your fingerprints don't say so.

Come on, you. Let's go."

On July fifteenth

Trial held in LA court.

The sentence? Ten years.

This series of haikus is one big allusion, referring to the TV show Dragnet, and summarizing the plot of an imaginary episode. Haiku often have a seasonal theme, or aim to capture a particular moment in time.