1. Haiku Poetry

2. Haiku is also called nature or seasonal haiku.

3. Haiku is usually written in the present tense and focuses on nature (seasons).

4. Haiku Poetry Definition 1
An unrhymed Japanese verse consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables (5, 7, 5)
The 5/7/5 rule was made up for school children to understand and learn this type of poetry.

5. Haiku Poetry
Helpful Hints Haiku is generally not written in one long run on sentence. It is generally written in two parts. You have a fragment on the first or the last line, then you have the body of the haiku.

6. Haiku Poetry
Cherry blossoms bloom, softly falling from the tree, explode into night.

7. Summer here again. Music plays sweetly, drifting. And life is renewed.
Haiku Poetry
Summer here again. Music plays sweetly, drifting. And life is renewed.

8. As waves break over the bow, the sea welcomes me.
Haiku Poetry
An ocean voyage.
As waves break over the bow, the sea welcomes me.

9. Haiku Poetry

10. HAIKU POETRY On the following slides are pictures of seasons.
Now it is your turn to write some Haiku poetry.
In your journal, write a Haiku poem for each scene.