What's a Haiku?

What's a Haiku? A Haiku is a short Japenese poem, mostly about nature. Animals, food, seasons and weather are popular subjects. Haikus don't have to rhyme, but they do have structure. The first line of a Haiku poem always has five syllables, always! The second line of the poem has seven syllables. The final line has five syllables, like the first line. The well written Haiku flows off your tongue, like a regular rhyming poem. Haikus are fun poems to write, and anyone can write one! Here's a funny Haiku I wrote for people who don't know what a Haiku is.

Puzzled

What is a Haiku?
I just can't figure it out!
Oh, what a puzzle!


A.J.W.
11/4/06