why were haikus created
Haiku is a very short poetic form. Traditional Japanese haiku consisted of three lines of 5, 7, and 5 units each, which are generally applied as syllables and contained a special word-the kigo-that indicated the season in which the haiku was set.he term Haiku was created by the modern critic and haiku-maker Masaoka Shiki. Before then this style was called Hokku. Hokku is the first phrase of Renga, another traditional form of Japanese poetry.