How to write a haiku?

Question

what are the requirements for a haiku?

Answer 1

Five syllables first,
Seven syallables second,
Five syllables last.

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Answer 2

First you need to understand the workings of haiku
http://www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/form/haiku.htm
There is great variation and discussion within Japan on "how to write a haiku" and even more argument outside of Japan on how to write non-Japanese haiku.

I advise you to try each feature of the haiku form, in order to learn from the inside what those attributes help you bring to your poems.

Those interested in 65 different "rules" for haiku can search the web for Jane Reichhold's essay Haiku Rules that have Come and Gone. As Reichhold comments: "Haiku, which seem so light, free and spontaneous, are built on discipline. ... Basho had his motto: 'Learn the rules; and then forget them.' ... here are some old and new rules." Reichhold suggests that you decide on some rules from essays and haiku and other poems you admire. And that after you have used those for a while, and become skilled with them, you pick and explore other rules.
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How to write a haiku
How to write a haiku and the history of this Japanese art form.
http://pa.essortment.com/writeahaiku_nzm.htm
Haiku is a form of poetry with Japanese origins. Traditionally the haiku is about nature and related to a season.


The form of haiku most commonly seen in English has 17 syllables, with lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables respectively.

Answer 3

there're 5 syllables on the first sentence and 7 syllables on the second one and its repeated itself like 5 and 7 and 5 and 7 syllables.

Answer 4

first line is 5 syllables, second is 7 and third is 5 again. they're most usually about nature.

Answer 5

http://www.ehow.com/how_3336_write-haiku.html