Noun
hokku (plural hokkus or hokku)
(poetry) Synonym of haiku (“type of Japanese poem”)
Henderson translated every hokku and haiku into a rhymed tercet (a-b-a), whereas the Japanese originals never used rhyme. Source: Internet
In "A Proposal to American Poets," published in the Reader magazine in February 1904, Noguchi gave a brief outline of the hokku and some of his own English efforts, ending with the exhortation, "Pray, you try Japanese Hokku, my American poets!" Source: Internet
Even though hokku had sometimes appeared individually, they were always understood in the context of renku. Source: Internet
The Bashō school promoted standalone hokku by including many in their anthologies, thus giving birth to what is now called "haiku". Source: Internet
The term "hokku" is now used chiefly in its original sense of the opening verse of a renku, and rarely to distinguish haiku written before Shiki's time. Source: Internet