Haiku Project

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A Stroll Through Bamboo: Japanese Poetry by Ashley

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A Stroll Through Bamboo:

Japanese Poetry by Ashley

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What is Haiku?•Japanese form of poetry•Consists of 3 short phrases•Divided into 5,7,5 syllables

•Free-form style...no rhyming •Talks about the same subject

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Haiku Requirements•Kiogo- image that describes the season

•Kireji- verbal caesura: •A cutting word - gath'ring•An interrupted idea (often portrayed by a dash or ellipsis)

Unfurling blue tubes Envelop tanned surfers

Silent wave catchers -Victor C. Pellegrino

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LonelyA yard filled with snow. The trampoline has no spring.....Alone sit the swings. -Ashley

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What is Waka?•Genre of Japanese literature•Distinguished Japanese-language poetry from Japanese poetry written in Chinese•No rhyming•Consits of a unit and a phrase

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What is Tanka?What are they to me,Silver, or gold, or jewels?How could they everEqual the greater treasureThat is a child? They can not. -Okura

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The VineyardExamine the vines.....Can the grapes be harvested?Some are not fruitful.Dead, limp vines must be severed.Green vines are heavy laden. -Ashley

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What is Renga?•A form of tanka•One poet creates half of a tanka then it is passed on to another poet who finishes the renga•Means "linked poem"

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WorkThe ant works so hard.Autumn days are quite intense.Lazy grasshopper...But time is a funny thing-Work and its lack, proves futile. -Ashley and Derek

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Knowledge When light is dawning When a new seed is planted-The birth of knowledge-A loss too great to think ofThe hope has faded away. - Derek and Ashley

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Credits•All pictures were provided by Google images•Produced by Ashley