Haiku
Haiku (also called nature or seasonal haiku) is an unrhymed Japanese
verse consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables (5, 7, 5) or 17 syllables in all. Haiku is
usually written in the present tense and focuses on nature (seasons).
Example
#1:
Pink
cherry blossoms
Cast
shimmering reflections
On
seas of Japan
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© Andrea
Example
#2:
salt-waves
caress sand
tickling
my toes and heart
in
their short-spun wake
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© 2002 Diana
Example
#3:
warm
soup in a bowl
letters
of the alphabet
hang
on the teaspoon
