LUNE

          This short form has only 3 lines, with syllable count 5-3-5.  My reading tells me it was invented by Robert Kelly out of dissatisfaction with the Western use of haiku. Since English expresses ideas in fewer syllables than Japanese, he reasoned that this shorter, 13- syllable count form would be appropriate to haiku-size thought.  Mr. Kelly would emphasize simplicity by omitting punctuation and capitalization; however, he says that doing so it not a requirement.  The lune has no title.

          Here is a sample from Kelly's "Knee Lunes."

they are given to
hold close, not
air, not each other

          Here's another example:

thin sliver of the
crescent moon
high up the real world


          Of interest, a variant on the Lune arose while Poet Jack Collom was working with school children.  By mistake, they wrote a lot of "lunes" with 3 -5-3 words, not syllables.  Here are some examples of the kids' lunes.

A raindrop falls.
It falls on my nose --
delicate, light, transparent.

Think of me
as a beautiful ballerina twirling
around the block.

In contest poetry, of course, one must adhere to standard definitions and formats,  So be sure to use the 5-3-5 syllable count format in your lune contest entries.  I might mention also that the lune is sometimes referred to as an "eleven-word poem," but again, go with the standard definition, as above.