CONTEMPORARY HAIKU in English: The most common literary adaptation in English of haiku looks something like this: one to four lines, no strict syllable count but brief, and often with a long/short or short/long asymmetry. These poems too utilize a caesura. Images need not be taken from nature, though they may be and often are. Seasonality is optional, though often featured. Here's an example: in the woodpile - the broken ax handle the haiku foundation org

Thank you for reading my haiku,

Gypsy

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