- Intro: What is the haiku?
- Examples: essential Japanese poets
Haiku
- Intro
A Japanese verse form most often composed, in English versions, of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables. („Haiku (or hokku)“)
- Examples
75 [„Wake, butterfly“] by Bashō
Wake, butterfly—
it’s late, we’ve miles
to go together.
Translated By Lucien Stryk
Source: „Haiku (or hokku).“ Poetry Foundation. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/education/glossary/haiku-or-hokku