HAIKU POETRY

OF THE NATURAL WORLD

RADICAL AWARENESS

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HAIKU IS NOT JUST A WILLY-NILLY, THREE LINE POEM OF UNRELATED NONSENSE!

• Haiku do not rhyme
• Do not have titles
• No punctuation(usually)
• No metaphor
• No big wordy words

WOODLAND PATH A SMALL FLOWER BENDS OUR KNEES CONNIE DONLEYCOTT

• A seasonal word is a KIGO
• Adds a dimension of nature
• Grounds poem to the ‘real’ world
• Separates haiku from other poetic forms

toppling a pumpkin
a raven heckles
the big pieces

Erin Castaldi

THINK SMALL

Deep wood
a sapling with one leaf
changes color
Paul M.

pier fishing
a catch the size
of my bait

Crystal S. Smith

plenty of beach
yet the wave steals
the sand under me

Brad Bennett

sea foam bay life has
wandered off
a horseshoe crab
Erin C.

Haiku is an insight or moment of clarity, in which you draw your readers, into one specific moment.

harvest moon
around the pond i wonder
and the night is gone

Basho

DON’T KILL THE FLY-
it wrings
it’s hands and feet
Issa

Where two contrasting ideas meet is the ‘cut’.
*seasonal migration
my airplane’s shadow
among the whales
Joe McKeon

Spontaneity is crafted Surprise is created

twilight
the poultry truck returns
with empty cages

H. Gene Murtha