5/7/5 syllables
Kigo (season word) frost, all winter click here to check source

Art: Garden of the Far East, Pinterest

HAIKU are short, imagistic poems about things that make people feel connected to nature. Japanese poets usually write a haiku in 17 syllable sounds in a short/long/short pattern of 5/7/5. Japanese syllables are shorter than English syllables. English haiku tends to be less than 17 syllables. Some haiku do not have a kigo (a reference to season). Haiku without kigo are called Muki. A haiku should share a moment of awareness with the reader in a few words to recreate the experience, the image or images that gave us the feeling. (Willian Higginson).

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Gypsy

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