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.