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The Poetry Project

Haiku

Today the term haiku is used to describe all poems that use the three-line 17-syllable structure, even the earlier hokku

Haiku is a form of poetry that focuses on a brief moment in time, and a sense of sudden illumination or enlightenment.

Haiku - William J. Harris

On the phone, my grandfather’s voice
so frail
No, my father’s