1. Haiku and Sijo in English

2. Haiku Haiku (俳句) is a very short form of Japanese poetry:
Two images/ideas linked by a cutting word
Three lines of 5/7/5 syllables
A reference to a season (spring, summer, fall, winter)
One or two word title

3. Wallflower

4. Mom

5. Old Pond by Basho (Japanese)
A frog leaps in
Water’s sound

6. April Wind by Richard Wright
Whitecaps on the bay
A broken signboard banging
In the April wind

7. After an Affair by Alexis Rotella
Just friends
He watches my gauze dress
Blowing on the line

8. Falling snow by Richard Wright
In the falling snow
A laughing boy holds out his palms
Until they are white

9. Spring begins by Richard Wright
Spring begins shyly
With one hairpin of green grass
In a flower pot.

10. Rented room by Richard Wright
In this rented room
One more winter stands outside
My dirty window pane

11. Winter sun by Richard Wright
An empty sickbed
An indented white pillow
In weak winter sun

12. Cold stars by Richard Wright
I have lost my way
In a strange town at night
A sky of old cold stars

13. Write two Haikus Two images/ideas linked by a cutting word
Three lines of 5/7/5 syllables
A reference to a season (spring, summer, fall, winter)
One or two word title
If you copy another Haiku, you will receive a ZERO!
Please submit your two Haikus next week

14. Sijo Korean poetic form Three lines 14-16 syllables per line Structure
Theme
Elaboration
Counter-theme (twist)
Completion

15. Sijo line-by-line Introduce a situation Develop your situation
Twist and conclusion

16. 윤선도

17. 황진이
동지달 기나긴 밤을 한 허리를 버혀 내여 춘풍 이불 아래 서리서리 넣었다가 어론 님 오신 날 밤이여든 굽이굽이 펴리라 I will break the back of this long, midwinter night, Folding it double, cold beneath my spring quilt, That I may draw out the night, should my love return.

18. Introduce a situation Develop your situation Twist and conclusion
Write your own Sijo
Introduce a situation
Develop your situation
Twist and conclusion