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Introducing How to write a Haiku?
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Haiku
Introducing
How to write a Haiku?
Creating your haiku…
We have features for every step of the way
1Japanese vs. English 2How are
haiku made?
3Seasonal
reference
4Sensory descriptions
5Practice
Japanese vs. English
Japanese vs. English
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English haiku writers use 17 syllables as a maximum and often compress the poems into around 11-13 syllables.
Traditional Japanese pattern:17 syllables3 lines*1st line: 5 syllables*2nd line: 7 syllables*3rd line: 5 syllables
Japanese vs. English Haiku
Japanese
English
2 How are haiku made?
How are haiku made?
This form is a good vehicle for capturing a single moment in time. It is relatively simple to learn, but can take years to master. Like a small jewel, the closer and more deeply you look at the form, the more complex and more mysterious it becomes.
Haiku comes from your ah huh moments…
Haiku is began with a moment by the author and finished by the reader in their meditation.
3 Seasonal Reference
Many haiku seem to focus on nature, but what they are really focusing on is a seasonal reference (not all of which are
necessarily about nature).
4 Sensory Description
Haiku are based on the five senses. They are about things you can experience, not your interpretation or analysis of those
things.
5 Practice
Like any other art, haiku takes practice. Basho said that each haiku should be a thousand times on the tongue. It is important to distinguish between pseudo-haiku that says whatever the author
thinks in a 5-7-5 syllable pattern and literary haiku that adheres to the use of season words, a two-part juxtapositional structure, and primarily objective sensory imagery.
• Haiku are called unfinished poems because one requires reader to finish it with her heart.
• Rhythm 5-7-5• Haiku does not have to serious but it must
paint a picture.• Haiku are untitled and word haiku is
singular and plural
Pro Choice or Pro LifeWarmth of hands coldness of room
Summers to winters