Writing Haiku

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Writing Haiku
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Each Haiku must have

• Three lines that equal 17 syllables
• First line five syllables
• Second line seven syllables
• Third line five syllables

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Examples of Haiku
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On the wide seashorea stray blossom and the
shells make one drifting sand.-Basho (1644-1694)
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The fields and mountainshave all been taken by
snowand nothing remains-Joso (1661-1704)
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The full autumn moonCast upon the straw mat
floor Shadows of the pines-Kikaku (1660-1707)
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A Haiku describes

• A moment. One moment. One Ah-Ha! Look at that! A
  moment in time.
• One image. Just one. Like a snapshot.
• It will tell the when, the what, the where
• of the haiku moment.
• It includes a seasonal word.
• It DESCRIBES, but doesn't EXPLAIN. That is for
  your imagination.

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In the empty churchAt nightfall, a lone
fireflydeepens the silence.
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Dead my old fine hopesand dry my dreaming, but
still Iris, blue each spring-Shushiki
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Directions for writing Haiku
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Pretend you are a Japanese poet viewing the
mountain scene on the slide. On the paper with
the 4 pictures, create a spoke diagram listing as
many details as you can for each of the four
categories. (minimum 12 details for each picture)
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What I See
What I Hear
What I Smell
What I Feel
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What I See
What I Hear
What I Smell
What I Feel
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This is a brainstorm. You will use the describing
words to help you write your haikus. The 4
picture paper will later be in your notebook.
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Now write your own haikubased on one of the
followingscenes of Japan's landscape.
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• Mount Fuji (Fujiyama)
• A pagoda in the snow
• The inland sea
• Cherry blossoms

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• Use the ideas you recorded on the spoke diagrams
• Your haikus must be in the present tense and
  should use words to paint an image that helps the
  reader imagine the scene and understand its mood.
• Personification, similes, and metaphors are
  excellent techniques for haiku.

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• Your haiku must be illustrated with drawings,
  symbols, or pictures. No pencil.
• Ok to type or write (black only)
• Ok to print pictures or draw.
• Must be in color
• Put it on white, not lined paper.

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Figurative Language

• Metaphors
• Similes
• Personification

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Metaphors

• Metaphors compare one thing with another very
  different thing.
• A metaphor is a comparison that does not use like
  or as.

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• The language used is imaginative
• It is used to carry ideas and feelings that
  otherwise might be difficult to put into words.
• A metaphor is a brief, compressed comparison that
  talks about one thing as if it were another.

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• "My love is a rose."
• This statement is a metaphor,
• comparing love to a rose.
• The reader knows that, like a rose, love is often
  thorny, fragile, beautiful.
• "The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the
  purple moor."

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Simile

• Like a metaphor, a simile is a figurative
  comparison between two things, except that a
  simile uses "like" or "as" in the comparison.
• Robert Burns said, "My love is like a red, red
  rose."
• The child was quiet as a mouse.
• She is as pretty as a picture
• The road looked like a ribbon of black.

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Personification

• Figurative language that endows something
  nonhuman with human qualities.
• The sun is smiling.
• . . the tree whispered through the wind.
• The stars winked at me.
• The wind whispered to them as they ran through
  the woods

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• The heat ripped the breath from her lungs.
• The leaves danced in the wind.
• The wind moaned and screeched.
• The wind sang her mournful song through the
  falling leaves.

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• The rain kissed my cheeks as it fell.
• The snow whispered as it fell to the ground
  during the early morning hours.
• The dishes danced on the shelves during the
  earthquake.
• The car engine coughed and sputtered when it
  started during the blizzard.

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Summer Grass

• Summer grass aches and whispers
• It wants something it calls and sings
• It pours out wishes to the overhead stars.
• The rain hears the rain answers the rain is
  slowcoming
• the rain wets the face of the grass.
• by Carl Sandburg
• (example of personification, NOT a haiku)

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Your Haiku must have

• Three lines that equal 17 syllables
• First line five syllables
• Second line seven
• Third line five

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You must write two haikus. One must be on one of
the 4 pictures. The other is your choice.