What is more important than the form is the spirit of haiku. Haiku should have an instantaneous quality that surprises us into an awareness of a greater reality beyond the poem. Haiku can be about anything, and even though traditionally they always have a word in them that alludes to a particular season, modern haiku are free form and allow the writer to express nearly anything he or she wants to express. In Japan, the number of haiku writers is estimated at between 5 and 10 million. In Japan, around 2000 people make their full-time living by writing and teaching haiku.
Japan is probably the only country in the world where a person can write poetry as a paying career.
I could spit, I dance instead. The moon holds watch. Every month I will print the best ones I receive, along with your name.