Haiku Pattern - Crawling, Running Feet
The haiku poem is a Japanese traditional form.
It was given its current name by the Japanese poet Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902), who was a reformer and revisionist near the end of the 19th century.
Traditionally, the lines are 5-7-5.
The first line has five syllables, the second seven syllables, and the third five syllables.
The total syllable count is seventeen.
The haiku is similar to the senryu poem; however, the haiku addressees nature while the senryu addresses an emotional state of being or relationship.
Unlike a senryu poem, the haiku poem has a Kigo word which relates to a season of the year.
The haiku poem was first named the hokku poem by Japanese poet, Matsuo Basho (1644-1694).
The modern contemporary haiku poem takes many forms and does not subscribe to the traditional form of syllable count and Kigo word.
The following is a series which shows the essence of the contemporary haiku poem: Crawling, Running Feet Haiku Flash: Across the wall- Spider moving fast Up an oak tree Acorn in its mouth Squirrel with fast legs Nightfall: Rain splatter of roof Water leaks down wall Cricket in the grass Crawls behind a blade...
Singing a song Floating down stream On a rotten tree limb:/ A worm whispers softly Tranquility- Between the high rocks Lizard sleeps snoring The frogs are singing In the high marshes Surrounding the pond On a lone fencepost It silently crawls and rests Feet of a snail Moving with fast lights Sending many signals Fireflies dancing Don't spray me: Cried the wasp...
Trapped in the window I was thinking- Suddenly I saw the snail Passing me by Mosquitoes swarming Singing strange song Their national anthem
It was given its current name by the Japanese poet Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902), who was a reformer and revisionist near the end of the 19th century.
Traditionally, the lines are 5-7-5.
The first line has five syllables, the second seven syllables, and the third five syllables.
The total syllable count is seventeen.
The haiku is similar to the senryu poem; however, the haiku addressees nature while the senryu addresses an emotional state of being or relationship.
Unlike a senryu poem, the haiku poem has a Kigo word which relates to a season of the year.
The haiku poem was first named the hokku poem by Japanese poet, Matsuo Basho (1644-1694).
The modern contemporary haiku poem takes many forms and does not subscribe to the traditional form of syllable count and Kigo word.
The following is a series which shows the essence of the contemporary haiku poem: Crawling, Running Feet Haiku Flash: Across the wall- Spider moving fast Up an oak tree Acorn in its mouth Squirrel with fast legs Nightfall: Rain splatter of roof Water leaks down wall Cricket in the grass Crawls behind a blade...
Singing a song Floating down stream On a rotten tree limb:/ A worm whispers softly Tranquility- Between the high rocks Lizard sleeps snoring The frogs are singing In the high marshes Surrounding the pond On a lone fencepost It silently crawls and rests Feet of a snail Moving with fast lights Sending many signals Fireflies dancing Don't spray me: Cried the wasp...
Trapped in the window I was thinking- Suddenly I saw the snail Passing me by Mosquitoes swarming Singing strange song Their national anthem
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