the haiku
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The Haiku: What it is and how to write it
By Sherry Salant
Communication Arts 10-12 grade
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Missouri Standards 3
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Table of Contents
Difference between Poetry and Prose4
Where did it Begin? 5
Rules of the Haiku 6
Talk the talk of a Haiku 7
Examples of Haikus 9-11
Write you own Haiku 12-13
Questions and Answers 14
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Missouri Communications Arts Content Standard CA3-Reading and evaluating
material/ Process Standard 1.10 Applying acquired information, ideas, and skills
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prose poetryword syllables
sentence line
paragraph stanza
structure rhythm
Read silently Read aloud
Talk the Talk of Poetry
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Japan 9th-11th Century
Came from the Tanka
The Tanka is five lines
The Tanka has 5,7,5,7,7 syllables
One person wrote the first three lines
Another person wrote the last two lines
Where did it all begin?
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The first three lines set the tone of the Tanka.
They were called the “hokku”.
People started writing just the 3 lines called the
Haiku.
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Talk the talk of the Haiku
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The Haiku poetry5,7,5 syllables
3 lines line
1 stanza stanza
No constraints rhythm
Read slowly Read aloud
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Three lines 5,7,5A moment in time captured like a photoA moment in nature or human natureThe first line or two is the imageThe last line or two explains how you feel
about it
What exactly is the Haiku?
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PrecipitationBrings more anticipationAnd contemplation.
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Ancient Haiku ideas
Examples of traditional Haikus
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2009 Haiku Retreat- USA
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Spontaneous GrowthEnlightens the simple mind
of a little child
Start with a photo
Tell me what you see
Listen to the syllables
How do you feel about the image?
Let’s try this one…
Now it’s time to write your
Haiku
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Fishing
Take a good look-how do you feel?
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Questions and AnswersDo
you have to be exact on the syllables per
line
•Yes, if you are doing traditional Haikus•Contemporary Haikus bend the rules
Does it have to be about nature?•Yes, it needs to be about Nature•It can be about human nature•Or the human condition
Do people write many Haikus these days? •There are many websites with new Haiku writing•There are world Haiku conferences that include examples in this presentation
Feel free to ask any questions you may have about
the Haiku.
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All images were retrieved from
Google.com/images Web 01/08/10
Hass, Robert, ed., The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho,
Buson, & Issa. Hopewell, NJ.: The Ecco Press., 1994.
haikumom. (2009). haiku northwest seabeck retreat 2009 [video]. Retrieved January 10, 2010 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMKA14Imqzw
Patterns in Poetry retrieved from
www.cranberrydesigns.com/poetry/haiku/history.htm skipperoohoo. (2009). haikus [video]. Retrieved January 10, 2010
from ww.youtube.com/watch?
v=CLX3cS14zs&feature=player_embedded
Resources
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