Haiku is a form of verse which was developed in Japan. There are several versions of it.
The early writers, particularly Basho, focussed on moments of stillness and capturing the essence of a moment in time, in a particular place.
Many of them focussed on micro-seasons - subdivisions of the usual four seasons which were often marked by the flowering of a particular plant, or a particular weather pattern or some other small detail which tended to happen within a particular period of the year.
Check out this Guardian article on the haiku poets who are struggling to write about the changes in the seasons.
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