Haiku

I read a book called Twice Told: Original Stories Inspired by Original Art, which is a series of short stories based off the sketches by Scott Hunt. One of the stories is "Just a Couple of Girls Talking Haiku" by Ron Koertge, this was the first time I had ever really experienced haiku. I found that I really enjoyed it, I find its a lot of fun to write haiku, as well as being kind of tricky. In English haiku is usually 17 syllables, comprised of three lines 5:7:5. Haiku can focus on whatever the author wishes, though originally it was mainly about the natural world. The Red Wing Black Bird A band of yellow: And flash of red my colors: Black but cheery bright.