This document provides an overview of haiku poetry including its history and structure. It discusses how haiku originated in Japan as part of the tanka form before evolving to stand alone. A haiku is a three line poem with a 5-7-5 syllable structure that captures a moment or scene in nature. The document provides examples of haikus and guides students in writing their own following the haiku conventions. It concludes with questions and answers about haiku poetry.

1. By Sherry Salant
Communication Arts 10-12 grade

2.  Missouri Standards 3
Difference between Poetry and Prose 4
Where did it Begin? 5
Rules of the Haiku 6
Talk the talk of a Haiku 7
Examples of Haikus 9-11
Write you own Haiku 12-13
Questions and Answers 14
The Haiku/S.Salant 2

3. Missouri Communications Arts Content Standard
CA3-Reading and evaluating material/ Process
Standard 1.10 Applying acquired information,
ideas, and skills
The Haiku/S.Salant 3

4. prose poetry
word syllables
sentence line
paragraph stanza
structure rhythm
Read silently Read aloud
The Haiku/S.Salant 4

5.  Japan 9th-11th Century
 Came from the Tanka
 The Tanka is five lines
 The Tanka has 5,7,5,7,7 syllables
 One person wrote the first three lines
 Another person wrote the last two lines
The Haiku/S.Salant 5

6.  The first three lines set the tone of
the Tanka.
 They were called the “hokku”.
 People started writing just the 3
lines called the
Haiku.
The Haiku/S.Salant 6

7. The Haiku poetry
5,7,5 syllables
3 lines line
1 stanza stanza
No constraints rhythm
Read slowly Read aloud
The Haiku/S.Salant 7

8.  Three lines 5,7,5
 A moment in time captured like a photo
 A moment in nature or human nature
 The first line or two is the image
 The last line or two explains how you feel about
it
Precipitation
Brings more anticipation
And contemplation.
The Haiku/S.Salant 8

9. The Haiku/S.Salant 9

10. The Haiku/S.Salant 10

11. The Haiku/S.Salant 11

12. Start with a photo
Tell me what you see
Listen to the syllables
How do you feel about the image?
Let’s try this one …

13.  Fishing
The Haiku/S.Salant 13

14. Feel free to ask
Questions any questions you
may have about
and Answers the Haiku.
Do
you have to • Yes, if you are doing traditional Haikus
be exact on • Contemporary Haikus bend the rules
the syllables
per line
Does it have • Yes, it needs to be about Nature
to be about • It can be about human nature
nature? • Or the human condition
Do people
write many • There are many websites with new Haiku writing
Haikus these • There are world Haiku conferences that include
examples in this presentation
days?
The Haiku/S.Salant 14

15. All images were retrieved from
Google.com/images Web 01/08/10
Hass, Robert, ed., The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho,
Buson, & Issa. Hopewell, NJ.: The Ecco Press., 1994.
 haikumom. (2009). haiku northwest seabeck retreat 2009
 [video]. Retrieved January 10, 2010 from
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMKA14Imqzw
Patterns in Poetry retrieved from
www.cranberrydesigns.com/poetry/haiku/history.htm
 skipperoohoo. (2009). haikus [video]. Retrieved January 10,
2010 from
 ww.youtube.com/watch?v=CLX3cS14zs&feature=player_embedded
The Haiku/S.Salant 15