Haiku: Poetry for the People

1. Haiku: Poetry for the People

2. Haiku • Haiku show us the world in a water drop, providing a tiny lens through which to glimpse the miracle and mystery of life..

3. As I clap my handswith the echoes, it begins to dawn --the summer moon

4. This is my rifle.There are many like it butThis one is mine.

5. Three lines: 5 syllables 7 syllables 5 syllables

6. Three lines: 5 syllables 7 syllables 5 syllables Two parts Usually between 1st & 2nd Or 2nd & 3rd lines

7. Expect Delays: Time to chill, darlin'. Your car's not a time machine. Shoulda thought of that Motor home in front You ask how it could be worse It's pulling a boat

8. Interpreting Haiku • The haiku is so very short that often it is very difficult to understand what it means. Sometimes it's possible to get two different interpretations of the poem. This, to a poet, would not be a bad thing. To have more than one interpretation increases the richness, the possibility of stimulating the person who reads it.

9. Bashô • Bashô was a master of the haiku form which not only retains its popularity in today's Japan, but has also been introduced into American schools at all levels. • Haiku evolved from the haikai, linked verse, that was written in the Tokugawa period. Every haikai begins with an opening verse of seventeen syllables. This opening verse was called a hokku. • It was written in three lines of 5, then 7, then 5 syllables to make the total of 17 syllables. Bashô took this opening verse, the hokku, and refined it to become what is now known as the haiku.

10. Seasonal Word and Cutting Word • Kigo - seasonal word • Kireji - cutting word

11. A mocking bird sings Moonlight silvers cat whiskers Dozing, she listens

12. the first scent of spring each time you are passing by - midwinter's daydream

13. in the parking lot this new fallen soft white snow- much of it Reserved

14. Write your own haiku • Three lines of 5-7-5 syllables • A seasonal word • A cutting word • Due today