Possible Clues:

• Japanese poem with seventeen syllables
• Poem elevated characters one after another read aloud
• Poem patterned like / the one featured in this clue / [padding out the rest]
• Japanese verse form of three short lines
• Japanese poetry
• At heart, Thai like but one form of verse
• Japanese form of poem
• Narrowly defined poem
• Quick-to-read poem
• Short Japanese verse