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.
• This type of poetry doesnt need to rhyme!

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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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Old Green Grasshopper!

• Green and speckled legs
• Gently plays the violin
• Jumping everywhere
• He is very wise
• Hopping madly everywhere
• Wearing big long pants

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Beaches

• by Kaitlyn Guenther
• Sand scatters the beach?Waves crash on the sandy
  shore?Blue water shimmers

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Easter Chocolate Haiku

• by Kaitlyn Guenther
• Easter bunny hides?Easter eggs are out of sight
  ?Kids look everywhere

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Now make your own!!

• Pick a character from the story.
• Write a haiku about the character you picked.