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Haveyoueverlistenedtothesoundofaraindrop？Youmightcallthesmallsoundsearthsongs.Isitpossibletocatchearthsongs，ortoputthemintowords?

Longago，poetsinJapanlistened，watched，anddidcatchthebeautyoftheearthssongs.Theydidthiswiththetiniestpoemsintheworld，calledhaiku.Ahaikuisapoemthatisjustthreelinesandseventeensyllableslong.Andthepoetswhowrotethemwatchedandlistened，notonlywiththeireyesandears，butalsowiththeirhearts!

Intheirhaiku，theearlyJapanesepoetscaughtthecolors，sounds，andbeautiesoftheseasonsoftheyear.Theysangoftheirislandsbeauties.Theirminiaturepoemswerenotmeanttofullydescribeasceneortoexplainitbutratherwereaflashimpression.

Theoldpoetsarenottheonlywritersofhaiku.TodayJapanesefarmers，shopkeepers，grandparents，andstudentswriteit，andbecauseofitsstrongappeal，haikuiswritteninmanyothercountriesthroughouttheworld.

Interestinglyenough，Japanesepoetryhashadalongandcolorfulhistory.Intheprehaikuperiodintheearlyeighthcentury，Japanesepoetswrotekatauta，poemsinaquestion-and-answerform，usingtwopeople.Eachthree-lineverse(诗节)containedaboutseventeensyllablesthatcouldbedeliveredeasilyinonebreath—justasonewouldnaturallyaskoransweraquestion.ThishasremainedthebasicpatternfortraditionalJapanesepoetrythroughoutthecenturies.

Anotherformthatappearedwasthetanka，whichcontainedfivelinesandthirty-onesyllables(5-7-5-7-7)，writtenbyeitheroneortwopersons.Fromthatevolved(发展)therenga，whichcontainedmorethanoneverse，orlink.Writtenbythreeormorepeople，itcouldhaveasmanyas100links！Thefirstverseoftherengaintroducedasubject.Ithadthreelinesandwascalledhokku，orstartingverse.Rengapartiesbecameagreatpleasure.

Around1450，haikainorengabecamepopular.Thisstyleoflinkedversecontainedpuns(双关)andwashumorousandamusin