HAIKU. A HAIKU is a Japanese poem about nature that describes a moment or scene in three lines. The...

HAIKU

A HAIKU is a Japanese poem about

nature that describes a moment or

scene in three lines. The first and third

lines have five syllables each; the

second line has seven syllables.

5 – 7 - 5

Broken and broken

Again on the sea, the moon

So easily mends.

- Chosu

Shiny colored tents

Pop up above people’s heads

At the first raindrop.

- Myra Cohn Livingston

A lonely sparrow

Hops upon the snow and prints

Sets of maple leaves.

- Kazue Mizumura

       Butterfly, these words

from my brush are not flowers,

       only their shadows.

 - Soseki

        A cloud shimmering

on the still pool ... deep below

        shadows, a fish stirs.

 - Shurin

        My horse clip-clopping

over a field ... oh ho! I'm

        part of the picture!

- Bashō

The seed of all song

is the farmer's busy hum

 as he plants his rice.

- Basho

    Lightly a new moon

brushes a silver haiku

      on the tips of waves.

- Kyoshi

Yellow autumn moon…

Unimpressed the scarecrow stands

Simply looking bored

- Issa

Now you try one… 5 - 7 - 5

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