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Lanturne

The Lanturne is a five-line verse shaped like a Japanese lantern with a syllabic pattern of one, 
two, three, four, one.

Example #1:

    Swift
Winds blow
threatening,
 a tornado
   grows.

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Example #2:

        Rose
       opens,
      revealing
hidden charm and
        grace.

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Example #3:

       Sun 
       rises
  over peaks,
morning glories
      bloom.

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