Jumping on the Haiku phase during the pandemic, this is the email that RGE sent to inspire people to be make something special. 

Cry on the couch, all the poets come to life

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            <div><span>Developed by Japanese poet Masaoka Shiki in the 1890s, haiku poetry is made up of 3 lines with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern, and the lines don't rhyme. It wasn't until a hundred years later, when school children had mastered the art and MTV had reduced attention spans down to around 17-syllable sound bites, that haikus had a resurgence online in the form of "webkus" and were a fad of email at the time - generating hours of entertainment because download speeds were hella slow then and people didn't have anything better to do.</span>
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  <p><span>Now, almost 30 years later, we think it's time to revive the fun. <p>We've written the SPAM-ku above to celebrate National Haiku Poetry Day with you (one of a gajillion haikus we've written just for this occasion). We'll be updating the image throughout the day with some of our favorites written by us and others and to inspire you to banish SPAM in the process.</p></span></p>
                  
                  <p><span>Ready to give it a go with your own email haiku?</span></p>
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            Developed by Japanese poet Masaoka Shiki in the 1890s, haiku poetry is made up of 3 lines with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern, and the lines don't rhyme. It wasn't until a hundred years later, when school children had mastered the art and MTV had reduced attention spans down to around 17-syllable sound bites, that haikus had a resurgence online in the form of "webkus" and were a fad of email at the time - generating hours of entertainment because download speeds were hella slow then and people didn't have anything better to do.
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  Now, almost 30 years later, we think it's time to revive the fun. We've written the SPAM-ku above to celebrate National Haiku Poetry Day with you (one of a gajillion haikus we've written just for this occasion). We'll be updating the image throughout the day with some of our favorites written by us and others and to inspire you to banish SPAM in the process.
                  
                  Ready to give it a go with your own email haiku?
                
          
        
      

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Cry on the couch, all the poets come to life

Cry on the couch, all the poets come to life