What is Haiku?

What is Haiku? And How to make a Haiku poem?

    Haiku is a poetic form or a type of poetry from Japan. It was formed from the rich culture and imaginative thinking of Japanese people. A Haiku poem  has meaningful yet compact group of  words  that sometimes talk about nature, events or any thoughts that come out from one's mind. More often, haiku poems are random moments expressed in a brief yet imaginative and artistic way.

    A common haiku poem is consist of 17 words divided in three phrases of five, seven and five syllables. Modern haiku appears to have its own style especially poems written in English. Experts say that English haiku poems are flexible when it comes to syllable and its line counts. It is  a common practice that it focuses more on condensed form of haiku. While the traditional haiku's are more dependent to nature and current season.

Here are some examples of haiku poems:

Curving up, then down

Meeting blue sky and green Earth

Melding sun and rain

Birds fly in the air

Birds can make nests in tall trees

Birds have nice big wings

Dancing lights from sky

Crackers roaring on the land

Let this one year ends

Buzzing bumble bees

Collecting lot of nectars

They have sharp stingers

While the big dog barks

Afraid cats hide to safety

The laughing thin mice

Snow is so pretty

Let me make a friendly ice

We smile at the cold

Eat my precious dust

I can see the finish lane

Let me win this race

Seeking warm refuge

Creatures hide in snow shelters

winter's wrath delayed

Deep from blue sea

A blessing from the heaven

let me taste your soul