A poet who popularized an art form associated with this poetic form advocated “departing from the common” through language and claimed that to write in this form “one must talk poetry.” Robert Hass collected “Essential” poems in this form, including one about a snail “stripped to the waist” by a poet who also depicted a snail climbing a mountain. A collection of these poems found in Sora’s diary include the collaborative (15[1])“linked verses” of two traveling poets. Lines describing (*) “months and days” as “travelers of eternity” (10[1])open a travelogue that combines prose (10[1])with this poetic form. A poem in this form about (10[1])a frog jumping (10[2])in a pond (10[1])uses the traditional “cutting word” ya. The “Great Four” masters of this poetic form included Kobayashi Issa (10[1])and Matsuo Bashō. For 10 points, name this Japanese poetic form that follows a 5-7-5 syllable pattern. ■END■