1. Bellwork (Warm-up) Japanese Haiku for 12/12/16
Read about haiku, textbook page 260. Copy the examples on the right side. Make your
own haiku on the right side.
Examples
Student’s Haiku
1. An old silent pond…
Into the pond a frog jumps,
splash! Silence again.
1. Write your poem here.
By: Matsuo Basho
Write your topic or purpose for the poem.
Topic or purpose: to show the quiet
and reflective side of Zen Buddhism.
2. Even a horse,
arrests my eyes – on this,
snowy morrow.
2. Write your poem here.
By: Matsuo Basho
Topic or purpose: to show joy for the
changing scenery and seasons while
traveling on the roads of Japan.
Write your topic or purpose for the poem.