What is a haiku?

Question:I write poetry but what is a haiku and what make it a haiku? I gather from what I see that it is very short and its Japanesse.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I write poetry but what is a haiku and what make it a haiku? I gather from what I see that it is very short and its Japanesse.

a haiku is three lines 5 sylables then 7 then 5, and it has to be about nature

a haiku is a poem that is 3 lines
1st line is 5 syllables
2nd line is 7 syllables
3rd line is 5 syllables

A Japanese lyric verse form having three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables, traditionally invoking an aspect of nature or the seasons.

everyone has it covered, a poem that has three lines that don't rhyme, 1st line has 5 syllables, 2nd has 7 and the third has 5 again. It's usually about nature