Today, April 17 is National Haiku Poetry Day. Haiku poetry is a form of Japanese poetry that is non-rhyming and usually consists of 3 lines.  The first and last lines of a Haiku have 5 syllables and the middle line has 7 syllables.

Here’s a Haiku to help you remember:

I am first with five
Then seven in the middle —
Five again to end.

They are usually about seasons or nature, but you can write your own haiku about anything you like! The last line of a haiku usually makes an observation about the subject of the poem.