What is Haiku
a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.
Hokku
original
Haikai
Term meaning “earthy” and “vulgar”; deriving its effect from satire and puns.
Hokku
Term that means the opening to a much longer epic poem.
This is the syllable structure for a haiku.
5-7-5.
The most famous Japanese Haiku author is:
Matsuo Basho
Most famous Japanese haiku
Old pond;
A frog leaps in -
Water’s sound.