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==Definition==

==Definition==

A haiku is a traditional Japanese short poem written in a 5 7 5 syllabic structure and usually broken up into two or three lines.  The themes of a haiku often revolve around nature and seasons.  To be a proper haiku, it must coform to a certain form:

A haiku is a traditional [[Japanese]] short [[poem]] written in a 5 7 5 syllabic structure and usually broken up into two or three lines.  The themes of a haiku often revolve around nature and seasons.  To be a proper haiku, it must coform to a certain form:

===Sylabic structure===

===Sylabic structure===

In Japanese, the haiku must have a structure seventeen ''onji'' (Japanese sound symbols) in the order of 5 7 5 syllables.  Within English, this isn't necessary because the way English words are formed makes it awkward to fit to this strict definition (there are many one syllable words in English with complex meanings - spring for example) - it just needs to less than seventeen syllables.<ref>[http://www.hsa-haiku.org/HSA_Definitions_2004.html Official Definitions of Haiku and Related Terms] Haiku Society of America</ref>  This restriction is removed for English because it would be possible to make a haiku entirely of seventeen one syllable words which would be too complex for the simplicity of a haiku.

In Japanese, the haiku must have a structure seventeen ''onji'' (Japanese sound symbols) in the order of 5 7 5 syllables.  Within [[English]], this isn't necessary because the way English words are formed makes it awkward to fit to this strict definition (there are many one syllable words in English with complex meanings - spring for example) - it just needs to less than seventeen syllables.<ref>[http://www.hsa-haiku.org/HSA_Definitions_2004.html Official Definitions of Haiku and Related Terms] Haiku Society of America</ref>  This restriction is removed for English because it would be possible to make a haiku entirely of seventeen one syllable words which would be too complex for the simplicity of a haiku.

===Seasonal word===

===Seasonal word===

A haiku must include a ''kigo'' which indicates which season the haiku is set in.<ref>[http://renku.home.att.net/500ESWd.html 500 Seasonal words]</ref><ref>[http://www.youngleaves.org/poetry/The%20Yuki%20Teikei%20Haiku%20Season%20Word%20List.htm Seasonal words from the 1977-78 Haiku Journal]</ref>   

A haiku must include a ''kigo'' which indicates which season the haiku is set in.<ref>[http://renku.home.att.net/500ESWd.html 500 Seasonal words]</ref><ref>[http://www.youngleaves.org/poetry/The%20Yuki%20Teikei%20Haiku%20Season%20Word%20List.htm Seasonal words from the 1977-78 Haiku Journal]</ref>