TRISTICH:The most well known being HIKU the English language version of HAIKU 'the phonetical&cultural original ' Japanese' poem form in verse freed from syllabic constraint within its triplicity of format&still inherently enigmatic with a caesura and surprise ending
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CINQUAIN american- Crapsey imagist English response to the Japanese haiku genre
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As springs’ budding blossoms emerge
the raptors glide mercilessly.
I wrote this haiku-like poem on 3-27-2023 after the Nashville Covenant school shooting massacre. — Michael R. Burch
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Brief autumn breeze ...
she always wanted to pluck
the reddest roses
—Issa, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
This is a haiku Issa wrote after the death of his daughter Sato with the note: “Sato, girl, 35th day, at the grave.”
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Sometimes the heart tells me to write a Haiku; then occasionally, it whispers to me a story. JC Hawkens 4/2/2020
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"Haiku poems are just three lines. 5/7/5 count not necessary. short and sweet lines are the present form. First two lines about an event and third one should be a related one with lightning sprit and with a turning point of thinking a lot. "
example:
" though unequal
works together...
the fingers "
....Kaa.Na.Kalyanasundaram,Chennai,India
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Haiku is a poet's tour de force.
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A Haiku is a form of poetry that forces a writer to stop and pay attention to the sounds, scents, tastes, and other sensations using a few syllables planting seeds allowing the reader's own thoughts to take what was written and allowing it to sprout into something more.
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Definition of a haiku-written in 1, 2 or 3 lines sometimes 4, less is more, more or less-about rain, the sun or frogs in a pond, always but never, Note-if you are counting syllables or words, don't forget to divide by the number of lines and please use the on-line Japanese counter-converter
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