Does a haiku have to rhyme?

When you rub your dick

You might find a discharge that

Winds up on the floor.

• kenny mcormick haiku

Nope! It just has to follow the format. ^_^ 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second line, and 5 syllables again in the third/last line. x] It doesn’t have to rhyme at all. xD

An example? Here’s one I made up. xD

I love chocolate. (5) It is amazingly good. (7) It makes me happy. (5)

See? No rhyming. ^_^ But I followed the syllable format. That’s what a haiku is. x]

nope… lol we just went over that in english… SO DONE with poetry for a good year! An example is… As the wind does blow

    Across the trees, I see the

            Buds blooming in May

a haiku does not have to rhyme. it just has to have

5 syllables 7syllables 5 syllables

I’m not sure what a japanese haiku is,, but the normal ones are just like that. example:

a very old man man held a tattered cardboard sign begging on the streets

No.