"Battling with demons; Frolicking with the angels; Loving you, as well." Modern Haiku: "Angels And Demons" A haiku is a 17-syllable poem; with the format of 5 syllables for 1st and 3rd lines, and 7 syllables for the 2nd line. Traditionally, it was geared towards describing nature--with the intent of immortalizing one specific moment in time. Modern haiku is much more malleable, since it has evolved, into inclusion of various niches--as like my specific theme, above. To explain further, one syllable is equivalent to one "opening of the mouth," when we pronounce a word. An example would be: demons = de-mons = 2 syllable count. Try to make your own haiku. It's a good way of practicing poetry, with a simple syllable count technique.