haiku. a haiku is a japanese poem about nature that describes a moment or scene in three lines. the...
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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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