How to Use haiku in a Sentence

haiku

noun
  • He has written many beautiful haiku.
  • Think of your copy as a haiku, where every word bears weight.
    — Christian Anderson (trust'n), Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Like haiku's many of them work with brief, quick moments and feelings.
    — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 6 June 2018
  • Think about your favorite season and come prepared to write your own haiku.
    — courant.com, 16 Mar. 2022
  • The five-note series used in many duck calls reminded me of the first line of a haiku.
    — Author: Christine Cunningham, Alaska Dispatch News, 10 Oct. 2017
  • In the midst of all that, writing haiku may have been his sole consolation.
    — Haruki Murakami, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2019
  • His brother spoke to him through a loudspeaker; his father left him a haiku.
    — Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker, 16 June 2022
  • For one project, girls write a haiku and then create a video to illustrate the poem.
    — Katie Dean, WIRED, 17 June 2002
  • Some are as short as haiku, direct, heartfelt, humbling to the reader.
    — Ellen Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2022
  • The short songs feature haiku-like lyrics or phrases repeated over and over in chant-like rhythms.
    — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Can a home furnishing-cabal haiku be far behind?
    — Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Joe, get like a haiku or like a motivational saying texted to you.
    — Kira Bindrim, Quartz, 25 Apr. 2022
  • But the haiku in my inbox was unexpected.
    — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 19 May 2026
  • Think of each video as a haiku—concise, impactful and memorable.
    — Paul Getter, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The book is filled with stories from her own life, including some very funny haiku attributed to those dogs.
    — Deborah Martin, ExpressNews.com, 10 Mar. 2020
  • Of course, sonnets and haiku are famous for employing strict counts on lines and syllables.
    — Evelyn Lamb, Smithsonian, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Of course, sonnets and haiku are famous for employing strict counts on lines and syllables.
    — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Kigo, the phrases that evoke the feel of the seasons, are the foundation of haiku poetry.
    — Matt Alt, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Scott and Pugh reviewed Ceron’s work, both laughing heartily over a haiku Ceron had turned in.
    — Maya Lora, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2024
  • The theme is, of course, udon, and the winner will have their haiku printed on Marugame Udon employee shirts.
    — Jeremy Hallock, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Both Wright and Kerouac were drawn to haiku as an art of improvisation.
    — Christopher Benfey, The New York Review of Books, 25 June 2020
  • The brand is inspired by haiku and nature and hails from Berkley, California.
    — Jacorey Moon, Good Housekeeping, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Young harbors no ill will toward the filmmakers for reducing her role of Chani almost to the point of haiku.
    — WIRED, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Most Western accounts of fugu, like this one, resort to quoting haiku to try to give the fish cultural context.
    — New York Times, 4 Dec. 2020
  • The poem can be in any form — sonnet, haiku, limerick or whatever — but must not be longer than 100 words.
    — Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Tom Ziller wrote his entire mock draft for SBNation in haiku format.
    — Rachel Roberts, idahostatesman, 20 June 2018
  • The Japanese people for centuries have used the poetry of haiku to write about the beauty of nature.
    — Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 26 Dec. 2019
  • ChatGPT can write code, make up songs, and compose limericks and haiku.
    — Amit Katwala, WIRED, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Best of all are terrace bathtubs crafted from rocks or hinoki cypress wood, filled with hot spring onsen water—plus haiku-inspiring valley views.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Like a perfect haiku, the Pop Art exhibit at the Margulies Collection says a lot with so little.
    — Siobhan Morrissey, miamiherald, 4 Nov. 2017

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