English
Haiku
Forms

Examples

Long 3-5-3

x x x
x x x x x
x x x

Short 2-3-2

x x
x x x
x x

Traditional 5-7-5
(same number of syllables as in Japanese)

x x x x x
x x x x x x x
x x x x x

Freeform
(just use a short phrase a longer one and a short one again)

Some long words
can be read so very quickly
they seem short