"From out of the hollow
Flashed the summer swallow"

A three-line poem of Japanese origin which consists of one line of five syllables, one line of seven syllables and one more line of five.

"A tail-swishing cat
Lies waiting in the bushes.
Birds peck unaware."

A five-line poem of 22 syllables.

"I saw
Six still swallows
Sitting on the high wire
They slipped and slithered and fell off
Splish! Splash!"

A metaphorical compound word or phrase, used in Old Norse and Old English poetry.

"The Swallow
Egg-layer
Nest-builder
Insect-catcher
World traveller."