美国诗人Adelaide Crapsey(1878–1914)受俳句等日本诗歌的启发,创造了一种无韵的简单五行诗体,每行分别有2-4-6-8-2个音节,一共22个音节。此称为传统五行诗,后来通过卡尔·桑德堡等其他美国诗人的作品而得到推广。例如Crapsey的五行诗"Triad":
These be
Three silent things:
The falling snow...the hour
Before the dawn...the mouth of one
Just dead.
