Haiku Poetry

Haiku Poetry

• Haiku is also called nature or seasonal haiku.

Haiku Poetry

• Haiku is usually written in the present tense and focuses on nature (seasons).

Haiku Poetry

Definition 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 Poetry

Definition 2

Made of three lines of poetry, 17 syllables or LESS.

An ideal haiku should be short/long/short

Haiku Poetry

Helpful 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