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) or 17 syllables in all.
The 5/7/5 rule was made up for school children to understand and learn this type of poetry.

5. Haiku Poetry Definition 2
Made of three lines of poetry, 17 syllables or LESS.
An ideal haiku should be short/long/short

6. 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.

7. Winter sun-- a cyclist pedals against the wind
Haiku Poetry
Winter sun-- a cyclist pedals against the wind

8. Haiku Poetry Salt-waves caress sand tickling my toes and heart
in their short-spun wake

9. Cast shimmering reflections
Haiku Poetry
Pink cherry blossoms
Cast shimmering reflections
On seas of Japan

10. letters of the alphabet
Haiku Poetry
Warm soup in a bowl
letters of the alphabet
hang on the teaspoon

11. 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.