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: An unrhymed Japanese poem recording the essence of a moment. Nature is combined with human nature. It usually consists of three lines of 5/7/5 and an adaptation of it - usually written in three lines totaling 17 syllables or LESS.
2 ways –
single: Japanese form poetry written in three lines - 5 / 7 / 5 or written in three lines totaling 17 syllables or less

string: written as stated above with more than one haiku.

From: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/haiku/haiku.html