The luc bat is a unique Vietnamese verse form that utilizes rhymes both at the ends and within the lines in a cyclical structure that can be repeated ad nauseam. This can lead to poems of dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of verses, depending on the patience of the poet. It remains popular in its home country.
The hay(na)ku, which was originally to be called the “Filipino Haiku,” was an invention of Filipino-American poet Eileen R. Tabios. The form consists of a single tercet with lines of one, two, and three words, in that order. Syllables are not counted.
A pantoum is a type of poem consisting of repeating quatrains, or four-line stanzas. Pantoums can be of any length. The pantoum is of Malay origin, specifically the Malay poetic verse form pantun berkait.