Question: what is the purpose of writing a haiku

title: Haiku
text: Masaoka Shiki ( 1867 -- 1902 ) Kawahigashi Hekigotō ( ja ) ( 1873 -- 1937 ) Takahama Kyoshi ( 1874 -- 1959 ) Samukawa Sokotsu ( 1875 -- 1954 ) Taneda Santōka ( 1882 -- 1940 ) Ozaki Kōyō ( 1882 -- 1926 ) Ogiwara Seisensui ( 1884 -- 1976 ) Natsume Sōseki ( 1867 -- 1916 ) Ryūnosuke Akutagawa ( 1892 -- 1927 )