Haiku

Haiku

Haiku Poetry is a type of a Japanese poem composed of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables. Haiku poetry originated in the sixteenth century and reflects on some aspect of nature and creates images.

Example:

Snowflakes                        

by Kaitlyn Guenther

 

Snowflakes are our friends

They descend when winter comes

Making white blankets

 

The Snow is Melting

By Kobayashi Issa

 

The snow is melting

and the village is flooded

with children.

With My Father 

By Kobayashi Issa

With my father

I would watch dawn

over green fields.

My example:

The Sway

By: Amy Jorgenson

 Eagle soars the sky

With swift and graceful pride Unlike any other sight