Haiku Poems

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Haiku Poems
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• Haiku poems are Japanese and contain only 3
  lines.
• The poems are used to paint a picture in the
  readers mind.
• Each line has a certain number of syllables.

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• The first line of every haiku has 5 syllables
• The second contains 7 syllables.
• The final line contains 5 syllables.
• This forms a 5,7,5 pattern.
• Haikus are usually about nature.

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Summers gone

• The leaves fell slowly
• The leaves fell slow-ly
• To the unforgiving ground
• To the un-for-giv-ing ground
• Too soon summers gone!
• Too soon sum-mers gone!

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• Snow melts.Suddenly, the villageis full of
  children.

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• Green and speckled legs
• Hops on logs and lily-pads
• Splash in cool water

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• In a pouch I grow
• On a southern continent
• Strange creatures I know.

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• NOW MAKE YOUR OWN!
• Pick an animal.
• Write a haiku about the animal you picked.

Pick a season (Summer, Autumn, Winter,
Spring) Write a Haiku about the season you
picked.