WHERE DID HAIKU COME FROM?
There are a lot of us on blogit that are attempting Haiku poetry so I looked up the history and the source where it bloomed. WIKIPEDIA: Haiku is a mode of Japanese poetry, the late 19th century revision by Masaoka Shiki of the older hokku (??, hokku?). Hokku once were the opening verses of a linked... Sign in to see full entry.