Haiku

Mr. Satoyama's work made a big impression in the world of haiku.

This is a very famous haiku by Basho.

A famous Japanese poet does not approve of any fixed doctrine in haiku.

Haiku are closely related to the seasons of the year.

Now that I think of it, I've been asked to look at a haiku he'd written by the tipsy bloke sitting next to me on the train.

This is a sentence that has the syllable count of a haiku.

This is a sentence that has the syllable count of a good haiku.

A haiku is one type of poem.

When I was in my first years of grade school, my father taught me a haiku and I longed to be a poet. On my Tanabata wish, I also wrote "Please make me a poet". Thirty years have passed and my wish has been granted. I am without doubt an invalid.

Like a bolt of lightning, a haiku struck me this morning, then vanished.

Some of the results resemble haikus.

Haiku, a poem

five beats, then seven, then five

ends as it began.