HOKKU to HIKU a historical sketch -and translation test

So Japanese was the Hokku   'til the master came into view then via Haikai on along the way Matsuo Munefusa   aka     Bashó   mastered haiku a phonetical&cultural 'onji' *(in sound symbols) came to be   traditionally per·pen·dicu·lar as a single line         in particular now HIKU * in English   to me  or you   *Hiku is the English language tristich (three line) version(including translations)with similar economy of words  including the THOUGHT PAUSE prompt (often indicated by an ellipsis .....the SENSE PAUSE the aesthetic point of insight flowing from perception & ONE BREATH LENGTH to correspond to the aforementioned Japanesese 17 onji sounds. The essence without "telling all" (thereby to ' show ' conforming to the key of all  true imagist poetry),&avoids  'as'&'to' & the use of past tense verbs (& is often without verbs,adverbs,adjectives )A verse freed from strict syllabic constraint within its triplicity of format& is inherently enigmatic & often with a caesura and surprise ending( VERSUM )to give a 'turning' to the line.The hiku maybe a horizontal  single* line,(often  broken at the caesura),a vertical line(usually a painting(haiga see note) ,a couplet** or a tristich***