The subject of a study of this work is to show the development of haiku through time, to what extent and how have personal lives of prominent poets of haiku influenced their poems. Today, one of the most famous forms of poetry, Haiku, has existed in Japan for centuries, namely, its history dates back to the age of Kojiki and Nihonshoki, but it did not get its form until the late 19th century. The goals arising from the problems and objects of this study are to illustrate how the haiku tradition was developed and that the tradition of haiku was established in each period by prominent poets, the characteristics of which and impressions of their lives have contributed to the development of the haiku. The final work of Haiku and its prominent poets with introduction and conclusion is divided into seven sections analysing issues and showing results of analysis of existing textual build. Chapter, The meaning of the concept and introduction of the haiku is introduced into the very notion of haiku and its most obscene feature. The chapter that follows, Characteristic of haiku, briefly illustrates the analysis of important elements that make up the haiku. The next chapter, The development of the form of haiku through history, shows a historical overview of the shape of the haiku, from its original form of katauta, and the gradual development of the shape of atanka and renga to hokku and haikai, which brought poetry to the present form. The next chapter, The influence of the haiku poet's personal life on the content and style of writing, explains the main features of the writing of prominent poets and also analyzes through certain poet haikus, as the poet's life situation moves him to write the haiku and what meaning he adds. In the analysis of the individual haiku poetics through historical periods, we can recognize the great influence of personal life on the poet's creativity. Personal life not only contributed to a better understanding of their haiku and gave the poet the opportunity to express himself, but also introduced diversity and uniqueness into haiku poetry.