The 5-7-5 form refers to the number of beats in each section. For example, Bashō’s famous haiku begins furu ike ya, which could be represented musically as five notes: ♩♩♩♩♩. However, haiku are not ...

February is National Haiku Writing Month. According to a definition accepted by the Haiku Society of America, a haiku is a short poem that uses imagistic language to convey the essence of an ...

Masaoka Shiki (1867–1902) brought innovation to the world of haiku poetry during the Meiji period (1868–1912) while also carrying on its traditions. He left the world many haiku poems that “sketch ...