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Haiku Poetry

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Haiku Poetry

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Form of poetry first made popular in Japan

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STRUCTURE RULES

  • Uses exactly 17 syllables
  • Syllables are arranged in three lines of 5-7-5
  • Does not rhyme
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Traditionally, haiku poems were about nature but have expanded to include any subject.

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Haiku poems are not complicated or hard to
understand

Is this haiku?

The sky is so blue.
The sun is so warm up high.
I love the summer.

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How about this one?

Writing haiku
Is not hard at all I think
Or is it?

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YOUR TURN

Write your own haiku
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