I’m closing out the year with haiku, a Japanese poetic form that consists of three lines, with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third. I’ve been writing my three L’s of 2022 to reflect on what I want to take away from the year. Haikus are poems that capture the essence of thoughts and experiences in just 17 syllables. Within the confines of haikus, there is so much room for expression. I’ve always been drawn to the brevity of haiku.