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Haiku PoemsHaiku Poems

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Haiku is also called nature or seasonal haiku.

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

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Haiku poems are Japanese and contain only 3 Haiku poems are Japanese and contain only 3 lines.lines.

The poems are used to paint a picture in the The poems are used to paint a picture in the readers mind.readers mind.

Each line has a certain number of syllables. Each line has a certain number of syllables.

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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.

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Haiku Poetry Definition 2 Made of three lines of poetry, 17 syllables or

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An ideal haiku should be short/long/short

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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.

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Snow melts.Snow melts.Suddenly, the villageSuddenly, the village

is full of children.is full of children.

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Green and speckled legsGreen and speckled legs

Hops on logs and lily-padsHops on logs and lily-pads

Splash in cool waterSplash in cool water

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In a pouch I growIn a pouch I grow

On a southern continentOn a southern continent

Strange creatures I know.Strange creatures I know.

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Winter sun--a cyclist pedalsagainst the wind

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Salt-waves caress sand tickling my toes and heart in their short-spun wake

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Pink cherry blossoms Cast shimmering reflections On seas of Japan

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Warm soup in a bowl letters of the alphabet hang on the teaspoon

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Summer’s goneSummer’s gone

The leaves fell slowlyThe leaves fell slowlyThe leaves fell slow-lyThe leaves fell slow-ly

To the unforgiving groundTo the unforgiving groundTo the un-for-giv-ing groundTo the un-for-giv-ing ground

Too soon – summer’s gone!Too soon – summer’s gone!Too soon – sum-mer’s gone!Too soon – sum-mer’s gone!

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