teaching haiku poems

[MrViTopol]

three squeeky adulterers left a motel room,

a frightened pigeon peeks through the window,

soiled panties smell in the hall

[YouAwakeYet]

@Aristotle921 Spoken like a true philosopher. Do you have any more works like that

[PoetryETrain]

Thank you and love this comments, :)

[Mematman15]

2 people discuss.

They discuss how much they suck.

People wished they'd die.

[TheContinual]

I climed a mountain

My ascent failed in fatigue

I picked some flowers

[Cienstin]

'favorite' is actually 3 syllables.

[tesseract4444]

2) You have completely missed the most fundamental aspect of a haiku - that two contrasting or complementary ideas are presented together without comment so that the reader can explore the link in their own mind.

3) "Haiku are deep". Hmm. Haiku are extremely simple. They leave the reader to find deepness.

3) "Incorporates nature". Only be coincidence. Traditionally they contain a word indicating a season and this is often a nature word but doesn't have to be.

[tesseract4444]

This is so far from describing haiku as to be laughable - except that all this misinformation is being fed to children.

1) The 5-7-5 pattern is NOT syllables. What's being counted in Japanese is closer to our idea of letter than syllable. For better or worse, English-language haiku poets gave up using the 5-7-5 syllable pattern in the 1970s. Most modern English haiku are between 6 and 12 syllables in total.

[Aristotle921]

The moon is full now.

My bladder is also full.

I have to go pee.

[BlazerT10]

How do you write a tanka?



[atomsanddust]

Oh my goodness me

This vid is bright and shinny

press fave-rite button

[zuko25]

What is a Haiku?

I don't know how to do one

Hey I'm doing it!

[zuko25]

When we say Haikus

we count them with our fingers

you're doing it now

[BUKCOLLECTOR]

None of the haiku masters are writing in strict 575 syllabic count. The main ingredient of a haiku is a singular moment captured in concrete words--usually with a cut, a pivot or a juxtaposition. Here's an example:

after the eulogy...

mama's gravesite

is silent again

---Thomas Lamb

[nene4657]

can they rhyme?

[hamburgerslayer]

this is mine:

Haikus are fun

But sometimes they don't make sense

refrigerator

[XxfeelsonumbxX]

@hamburgerslayer i saw the haiku on google

[dcSENTIENT]

Just to note, the 575 isn't absolutely mandatory for haiku, it's the traditional method, but there are many examples of minor variants, say, 576, even in traditional haiku. Best to work with the 575 to hone the minimalism, but higher syllable counts are acceptable if they retain reasonably proportioned counts; if they are necessary in retaining the insight

[OpionatedPenguin]

this is mine:

An eagle flies by,

Swoops in and out of the trees,

Flies into the night.

Im 11 and just starting haiku so please dont judge! :)

[michaelwwe2]

thats all

[FraxinusDipetala]

Favorite has three syllables, not two, dear.

[2211749]

it has two syllables. have a look at the dictionary.

[FraxinusDipetala]

Yeah, sure. It has two syllables. Like "chock-late". Or maybe even one syllable like "crans".

FA. VO. RITE.

The word was built to have three syllables. Do not argue with me, 2211749.

[96thesims]

@2211749 sorry 2 brake it 2 u but favorite has 3 syllables i just looked it up on the computer n it said " fa-vor-ite"

[lizardladyfla]

The first line is five

the second line is seven

the third line is five

[moongoddess1231]

thanks.this helped ALOT

[RebelWithAFrog]

:) Nice video.

A Haiku is a keenly observed moment pertaining to nature or human nature described in a short poem. It is impossible to single out a style or format or subject matter as definitive for Haiku.

I prefer the use of a 17-syllable verse form consisting of three metrical units of 5, 7, and 5 syllables. The inclusion of a season and a cut are also preferred. What do you mean a cut? A cut is the unconditional contrast and comparison of two instances, events, images, or situations.

[bilstew]

excellent advice and many thanks for posting.I think the word shinny in this video should be "shiny" (meaning bright) Shinny I do'nt recognise??The rhythm tapping is a great help also. A three line poem which captures the scene but has no specific syllable count ...can you tell me the name of it as I've forgotten.....

[makeupgirl5000]

my art teacher tought me this i have a couple

i see a rainbow

later i see the sunset

what beautiful sites

[bilstew]

Nice words and indeed I am puzzled as to the word "Sites" as it could also be "Sights"???What do you think is best?

I really don't know. "Sights"to me would relate to the eye more than "sites" which would suggest a house site(or situation) or a building site( an area )I'm going to lose sleep thinking abt. this one. regards.