haiku poetry. haiku is also called nature or seasonal haiku
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Haiku Poetry
Haiku is also called nature or seasonal haiku.
Haiku is usually written in the
present tense and focuses on nature
(seasons).
Haiku PoetryDefinition 1
An unrhymed Japanese verse consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables (5, 7,
5) or 17 syllables in all.
The 5/7/5 rule was made up for school children to understand and learn this
type of poetry.
Haiku PoetryDefinition 2
Made of three lines of poetry, 17 syllables or LESS.
An ideal haiku should be short/long/short
Haiku PoetryHelpful Hints
Haiku is generally not written in one long run on sentence. It is generally
written in two parts.
You have a fragment on the first or the last line, then you have the body
of the haiku.
Haiku Poetry
Winter sun--a cyclist pedalsagainst the wind
Haiku Poetry
Salt-waves caress sand
tickling my toes and heart
in their short-spun wake
Haiku Poetry
Pink cherry blossoms Cast shimmering
reflections On seas of Japan
Haiku Poetry
Warm soup in a bowl letters of the alphabet hang on the teaspoon
HAIKU POETRY• On the following slides are
pictures of seasons.
• Now it is your turn to write some Haiku poetry.
• In your journal, write a Haiku poem for each scene.