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HaikuPoems that turn daily or well-known situations into brand new experiences
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Structure
17 syllables (5/7/5) Kigo – nature or seasonal word Satori – moment of enlightenment
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Contemporary Examples
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alone, on the web, drops of sensitivityembrace an eyelash
- Alexey V. Andeyev
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Silence-a strangledTelephone has forgottenThat it should ring
- Michael R. Collings
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the morning paperharbinger of good and ill--I step over it
- Dave McCroskey
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Examples that have been translated from Japanese and do not obey the “rules”
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Right at my feet – And when did you get here,snail?
-Issa
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I kill an antAnd realize my three childrenhave been watching.
-Shuson Kato
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Night, and the moon!My neighbor, playing on his flute –out of tune!
- Kojo
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After killinga spider, how lonely I feelin the cold of night!
- Masaoka Shiki
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For love and for hateI swat a fly and offer it To an ant.
- Masaoka Shiki
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The summer river:although there is a bridge, my horsegoes through the water.
- Masaoka Shiki
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Glass balls and glowing lights.Dead tree in living room.Killed to honor birth.
- Ron Loeffler
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Anonymous Student Samples
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Hands speckled with cutsFlorist, cut my thorny roseMake it safe for touch
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Petals like the sunWhy name it a sunflowerThe sun is not brown
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Lemonade for saleA car in the horizonContinued driving
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The cold keeps us inforces us to be familyBut is that so sad?
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colored leaves do fall,and wash away the season,along with our past.
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Time for renewalthe flowers will grow alongwith our troubled hearts
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Read more about haiku on pages 640-643 in the old purple book.
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Complete the Creative Writing exercise at the bottom of page 643.