Hokku (発句, lit. "starting verse"?), is the opening stanza of the Japanese orthodox collaborative linked poem renga, or of its later derivative renku (haikai no renga).
Haiku (俳句, Haiku?) listen (help · info) is a kind of Japanese poetry. It was given this name in the late 19th century by a man named Masaoka Shiki by a combination of the ...
Definitions of hokku at Dictionary.com. ... Origin: 1895–1900; Japn, equiv. to hok opening, first + ku stanza; earlier fot-ku MChin, equiv. to Chin fá depart + jù phrase]
Hotmail
Messenger
My MSN
MSN Directory
