One person would begin the haikai, by composing the hokku, and others would add on more verses, creating a continuously evolving poem. Haikai was a popular social activity from the medieval period onward. The names of the poets who contributed the successive segments of the haikai are on the right. Write your own haikai. Haiku remains a popular art form today.
Every haiku has to have a seasonal word.
See if you can find the seasonal word in each haiku. Write you own haiku.