HAIKU

A HAIKU is a Japanese poem about nature that describes a moment or scene in three lines. The first and third lines have five syllables each; the second line has seven syllables. 5 – 7 - 5

Broken and broken Again on the sea, the moon So easily mends. - Chosu

Shiny colored tents Pop up above people’s heads At the first raindrop. - Myra Cohn Livingston

A lonely sparrow Hops upon the snow and prints Sets of maple leaves. - Kazue Mizumura

Butterfly, these words from my brush are not flowers, only their shadows. - Soseki

A cloud shimmering on the still pool... deep below shadows, a fish stirs. - Shurin

My horse clip-clopping over a field... oh ho! I'm part of the picture! - Bashō

The seed of all song is the farmer's busy hum as he plants his rice. - Basho

Lightly a new moon brushes a silver haiku on the tips of waves. - Kyoshi

Yellow autumn moon… Unimpressed the scarecrow stands Simply looking bored - Issa

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