How to write haiku poem

In his first-ever online class, former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins teaches you how to find joy, humor, and humanity in reading and writing poetry. What Is a Haiku? Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry made of short, unrhymed lines that evoke natural imagery.

Most often, haiku poems are about seasons or nature, though you can write your own haiku about anything you like. If you don’t want to write about nature, and would prefer to write haiku about candy or sports, that is perfectly okay. One more thing to keep in mind is that the last line of a haiku usually makes an observation.

“The poem gains its energy by the intuitive or emotional leap that occurs in the space of between the poem’s two parts, in the gap of what’s deliberately left out… The art of haiku lies in creating exactly that gap, in leaving something out, and in dwelling in the cut that divides the haiku into its two energizing parts.”

Haiku is a short versed Japanese poem that has just seventeen syllables, traditionally written in three lines: Line One has 5 syllables Line Two has 7 syllables Line Three has 5 syllables