 During the Imagist period, a number of mainstream poets, including Pound, wrote what they called "hokku", usually in a five-six-four syllable pattern.American poet Amy Lowell published several "hokku" in her book "What's O'Clock" (1925; winner of the Pulitzer Prize).Individualistic haiku-like verses by the innovative Buddhist poet and artist Paul Reps (1895–1990) appeared in print as early as 1939 ("More Power to You—Poems everyone Can Make", Preview Publications, Montrose CA.