Haikus are easy
All you have to do is count
Lazy poet's dream

No worries for rhyme
Who cares what the words sound like
If they're the right length

So if teacher shouts
"Write a poem!!" you know hai-
Ku's the way to go

Dawn

Emerging softly
Horizon bursts with red light
Glowing star revealed

Day

Beaming down its warmth
Our life-giving sun even
Gives us light to see

Dusk

As the planet turns
Once again the dark pours in
So mysterious

Night

Creatures of the gloom
Run, play, feed, beneath the stars
'Til the coming dawn

Look: a failed haiku
This line and the first are fine
But this line is too long

One day my hand slipped
Paint blobs fell on my canvas
So I said "Abstract!"

Stepping through the mud
Cool breeze blowing, I realize
Now my socks are wet

Japan rules! Haiku
Manga, sumo, samurai
We can thank them for

There are seventeen
Ten and seven -- that's two fives
Plus the middle line