Holy Haikus: Short Sacred Poetry
- The haiku as a form of short sacred poetry originated with the Japanese Shinku tradition in the 13th century.
- It is a form of short sacred poetry that consists of three lines.
- Each line contains a syllable pattern of one, two, and three syllables respectively, as well as a syllable ending with an o sound.
- The syllables are counted based on the traditional Japanese pronunciation.
- In English, the syllable is ‘haiku’.
Holy Haikus: Short Sacred Poetry