You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. Haiku: Daily Poems & Poetry The haiku guides Haiku Syllables: Does a Haiku Have to Be 5-7-5? - A haiku does not have to be 5-7-5. Japanese haiku count 17 on, not syllables, and that is closer to 10-14 English syllables. Charts and sources inside.Haiku Examples for Kids: Simple Nature Poems with Syllables Counted - Ten classroom haiku on nature, animals, weather, school and feelings, each with its 5 / 7 / 5 count marked out and a suggested grade band.Famous Haiku Poems: The Classics by Basho, Buson, Issa, and Shiki - The most famous haiku poems, with poet, date, season word, and translator for each - plus three English versions of Basho's old pond frog haiku compared.Haiku vs Senryu vs Tanka: How Japanese Short Forms Differ - Haiku is 5-7-5 about nature and season, senryu is 5-7-5 about human foibles, tanka is 5-7-5-7-7 and allows metaphor. Full comparison table of six forms.Kigo: The Season Word List for Haiku, by Season and Category - A working kigo list: season words for spring, summer, autumn, winter and New Year, sorted into the seven saijiki categories with early/mid/late placement.Kireji: The Cutting Word in Haiku and How to Do It in English - A kireji is a cutting word that splits a haiku into two images. All 18 classical kireji, what ya, kana and ka do, and the English punctuation replacing them.