3 line poem
total of 17 syllables (1st = 5 2nd = 7 3rd = 5)
usually about nature
Example:
The young artist takes
pains to paint a masterpiece:
a smiling pumpkin
The moaning snowplow
shatters the frigid stillness
of a crystal night
The sudden storm’s dead…
petals from the dogwood tree
on the still pond