Traditionally, haiku are about nature, and often refer to a season. Usually, the poem has a moment of change - it may focus first on one thing, then on another, something may happen or suddenly be ...

a haiku is “a crystalline moment of heightened awareness in simple imagery, traditionally using a kigo or season word for nature.” So the following – This is a haiku It’s seventeen syllables.

Haiku is not a shriek, a howl, a sigh, or a yawn; rather it is the deep breath of life.” — Santoka Taneda It’s National Haiku Month. National Haiku Month appears on a few calendars. February was ...

“A haiku is a short poem that uses imagistic language to convey the essence of an experience of nature or the season intuitively linked to the human condition.” No mention is made of a 5-7-5 ...