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Write a Pi-ku to celebrate π

, we’ve been celebrating that most special of numbers with the Pi-ku 2021 competition. A haiku in English is generally accepted to be a poem of three lines and 17 syllables arranged in a 5–7–5 pattern. A. A couple to whet your appetite:

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