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2006-10-23 15:22:24 · 11 answers · asked by angryknine 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
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2006-10-23 16:38:36 · update #1
So far, Elphaba has answered this best, but it is not ALWAYS
5-7-5.
"A summer shower; (5)
The rain beats (3)
On the heads of the carp" (6)
"Five miles round (3)
The kite appears & soars (6)
At the low tide" (4)
It's an experience to write your own--requiring getting rid of all the excess verbage. Abstractions, senses, as well as metaphors will bring you closer to the essence of the thing you feel, & want to express.
Just off the top of my head at the moment!
"The heron stands (3)
Blue sculpture (3)
In still waters" (4)
In writing Haiku, one learns to center on their perceptions. You may be told again, that it is 5-7-5, but I have an old, weathered book of Haiku first published 1950, HAIKU by R.H. Blyth in which you can see the variations.
2006-10-23 16:00:51 · answer #1 · answered by Valac Gypsy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Haiku is a type of Japanese short poem. Typically they are about nature. Traditionally it has 3 lines; the first line has 5 syllables, the second line 7 syllables, the third line 5 syllables. But in English, a little latitude may be allowed in the number of syllables.
A cultured person is supposed to be able to make up a haiku on short notice.
Here are 2 haiku by the medieval haiku master Basho:
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An old pond!
A frog jumps in-
The sound of water.
Fallen sick on a journey,
In dreams I run wildly
Over a withered moor.
Here's a modern American haiku:
tv melts your mind
a vast land of toxic sludge
why do i watch it?
http://www.madhaiku.com/
Here's mine:
The morning grass wet
mockingbird virtuosos
Sing each phrase four times.
Now you write one.
2006-10-23 22:50:59 · answer #2 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A haiku is a special Japanese poem that has 3 lines, 5 beats in the first and last verse, and 7 in the middle.
2006-10-23 22:30:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Japanese form of poetry.
The first line has five syllables, the second seven, and the third has five again.
eg:
This is my haiku.
I wish there were more like it.
I must go to bed.
They usually use abstract sentences to describe nature.
2006-10-23 22:31:53 · answer #4 · answered by Elphaba 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its a three line poem that originated in Japan. Ex:
Sick on a journey
My dreams wander
the withered fields.
2006-10-23 22:39:59 · answer #5 · answered by irish_princess87 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a form of Japanese poetry. It consists of a pattern of a 5, 7, and 5 syallable.
Today is sunny.
It is a great day to play.
It makes me happy.
lol.
2006-10-23 22:48:47 · answer #6 · answered by =] 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a Japanese word. Not sure what it means. But where I live, it's the name of the local Star Trek Club's newsletter. The club's name is, Onizuka.
2006-10-23 23:00:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Looking at the clouds
blue in the ice-wind
space flows
It is a Japanese free verse poetry,
2006-10-23 22:42:25 · answer #8 · answered by brown.gloria@yahoo.com 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a type of poem. Just "Google" it and you will find out what it is. Sorry, that i cant make an example.
2006-10-23 22:35:22 · answer #9 · answered by brookie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a type of poem that originated in Japan. Wikipedia.org should have a good article on it.
2006-10-23 22:30:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋