Haiku

 **created by : Kevin and Kelly**

__Haiku__ - an unrhymed verse form of Japanese origin having three lines containing usually five, seven, and five syllables respectively ; //also// **:** a poem in this form usually having a seasonal reference Haiku poets write about everyday things.Most of the themes include nature,experiences and feelings.They commenly use simple words and grammer. The most common form for a haiku poem had three lines, where the first line is five syllables, the second line with seven, and the third has five. A haiku doesn't rhyme and they must put a mental image in the reader's mind. Haiku poets need to put the poem's meaning and imagrey in the readers mind, but they can only do that in just 17 syllables and just three lines.

Haiku is a poetic form and a type of poetry from the Japanese culture.Closely tied to the Japanese aesthetic of and the spirituality of Buddhism. Haiku derives from a type of Japanese court poetry called tanka that was popularized and refined during the 9th through 12th centuries.
 * A tanka is a Japanese verse form in five lines, the first and third composed of five syllables and the rest of seven.
 * Japanese aesthectics involve the standards of what is considered tasteful or beautiful in Japanese culture

Lost in the forest. So wild yet so beautiful. So beautifully wild
 * Wild Flowers -** **By Paul McCann**

Over the wintry forest, winds howl in rage with no leaves to blow.
 * By Natsume Soseki**

These poems fit the form of a haiku because the set up of the peom is the 5-7-5 like haikus are set up to be. There is no rhyme and the topics are about nature like haikus commenly are. They try to paint an image in the readers head, and the poems meaning is avaliable. In the poems the themes are both about nature which haikus normally are about. They both use simple words and grammer. **Haiku of Doves**

A haiku has a Japanese orgin. Haikus always ryhme and harldy ever use imagrey. The syllabelles in a haiku are 7-5-7. Themes for haikus themes include nature, feelings, or experiences. The haiku poem __Wild Flowers__ was written by Paul McCann.
 * Ture or False**

Answers : 1.True 2.False 3.False 4.True 5.True


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McCann, Paul. "Haiku Examples." __http://home.vicnet.net.au/%7Epoems/__. 6 Mar 2008 .

Harris Middle School Teachers and Students, "Haiku."__ http://volweb.utk.edu/school/bedford/harrisms/index.htm__. Oct. 3, 2004. Harris Middle School. 7 Mar 2008 .

Soseki, Natsume. "Famous Examples of Haiku Poetry." __http://www.edu.pe.ca/stjean/playing%20with%20poetry/Hennessey/hennessey.htm__. 7 Mar 2008 [|b.]

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