What is a haiku?

My last post featured a haiku. And incase you don't know exactly what a haiku is, I want to explain.

Like most poems, a haiku is expressive. Most haikus are about nature, but not all. Also,there are some important syllable rules.The way a haiku works is:

The first line has 5 syllables.

The second has 7 syllables.

And third has 5.

An example of a haiku could be like this:

Five syllables then

Seven syllables to write

There's another five

See:

Five/syll/a/bles/then

Sev/en/syll/a/bles/to/write

There's/a/no/ther/five

-M.