TinyWords.com Publishes Haiku poetry online.
Title
tinywords: haiku daily
Description
Frequently Asked Question (FAQ): Why don't your haiku all have 5 syllables on the first line, 7 on the second, and 5 on the third line?
Haiku are extremely short poems written in 17 syllables or fewer, often (but not necessarily) arranged in three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables each. Haiku make use of concrete imagery or sensations, not abstractions or metaphors, and are often (though not always) concerned with the natural world.
The important thing is to write about the experience or the image, not about the feelings themselves. These feelings will be most powerful if suggested indirectly, by letting the reader experience the image that the haiku conveys, rather than by trying to tell the reader what to feel.
