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HAIKU Poetry

HAIKU Poetry. What is Haiku?. Ancient unrhymed Japanese verse 3 short lines (stanzas) containing 10-17 syllables Contain a sentence fragment (one line) Contain a phrase (two lines that complete a thought) Fragment can be either the first line or the third line . What else about Haiku?.

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HAIKU Poetry

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  1. HAIKU Poetry

  2. What is Haiku? • Ancient unrhymed Japanese verse • 3 short lines (stanzas) containing 10-17 syllables • Contain a sentence fragment (one line) • Contain a phrase (two lines that complete a thought) • Fragment can be either the first line or the third line

  3. What else about Haiku? • Generally written to describe nature OR • Contain a reference to images of nature • Use simple concrete images of things we can see, smell, taste, touch or feel • Avoid abstract or figurative language • Written in the present tense • Typically do not make use of capitalization, punctuation, or titles

  4. Tell me more . . . • Purpose is to transform a seemingly common nature-related topic into something special or extraordinary using words • Choose your subject (nature or earth-related) 3. Make a list of specific nouns, rich verbs, imaginative adjectives 4. Use interesting and descriptive words

  5. Let’s begin with English-language haiku about “clouds” NOUNS: clouds, cotton balls, cotton candy, puff balls, pillows VERBS: float, hang, cover, blow, grow, scatter, fill ADJECTIVES: fluffy, lumpy, puffy, silver, gray, white, cumulus, nimbus, stratus Line 1: clouds float slowly by (5 syllables) Line 2: fluffy, lumpy cotton balls (7 syllables) Line 3: silver, gray, and white (5 syllables)

  6. Adapted English-language haikuabout “clouds” • Use fragment-phrase structure • Middle line is longer than 1st or 3rd lines • You may use less than 17 syllables as long as you stick to the fragment-phrase structure FRAGMENTS: fluffy cotton balls, white pillow in sky, nine nimbus clouds PHRASES: blanket the sunset sky, delicately blow by, cover the earth with shade Line 1: cumulus white clouds (fragment) Line 2: float along bottom of sky(two-line phrase) Line 3: looking like popcorn

  7. Now let’s try a Class Haiku • Choose our topic (see slides) • Brainstorm vocabulary (nouns, verbs, adjectives) • Brainstorm fragments and phrases (use adverbs) • Compose 5-7-5 syllable haiku

  8. Then you try! • Journal Response #25 due next Tuesday • Pick 5 nature topics and brainstorm vocabulary, fragments, and phrases for each one (in your journal) • Experiment with either the 5-7-5 haiku or the 3 line fragment/phrase haiku of 10-17 syllables • Adjust your lines working with syllable count • These are draft or “dirty-dishes” copies!

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