The haiku is a Japanese poetic form that consists of three lines, with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third. The haiku developed from the hokku, the opening three lines of a longer poem known as a tanka. The haiku became a separate form of poetry in the 17th century.Â
I like Haiku and have very recently started joining in on some prompts on Threads via #Haikufeels. Below are a few of my own.