Hai·ku
An unrhymed verse form of Japanese origin having three lines containing usually 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively

-Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Haiku have been around for millenia, and will probably be around for millenia to come. The haiku form was invented by the Japanese, as indicated above, and popularized by such ancient poets as Basho, Buson, and Issa. To the layman, haiku may appear simple to create due to their set number of lines and syllables. Yet, this is exactly why they are more difficult to write than are most other forms of poetry. The confines of structure force one to be succinct, to express what one wants to express in fewer words than normal. It is believed that the process of writing haiku helps to develop one's self-expression skills. Maybe.

The haiku that you will see displayed on our site is written in series form, meaning we mash a bunch of haiku together to create a story or situation. This, combined with the fact that we incorporate surreal themes into each and every haiku we write, makes us and our work all the more unconventional. The traditional haiku form is demonstrated in the following example:

Drink liquid sugar!
(Dentition gone forever.)
Drink Coca-Cola.

As you can see, only so much can be stated or portrayed in a poem so small. Therefore, in all his ingenuity, Komrade Jamez developed the series form and showed it to Kellz. As a result, it was instantly adopted as the format to be used on this very site. Now that you've received an explanation of what this is all about, feast your eyes upon our grand oeuvre.

Happy Haikuing!