Boost Your Haiku High-Q

Haku High-Q Boost your "Learn the rules, and then forget them." -Matsuo Bashō Know Your laku Haiku has its origins with traditional Japanese renga poems, chains of tanka verse which consisted of a History 5-7-5 triplet known as hokku followed by a 7-7 couplet The work of Bashō in the 17th century and later Shiki in the 19th century, led to the emergence of the hokku, now haiku, as a separate form Haiku became popular in the West during the 1950s thanks to the translation work of Harold G. Henderson and R.H. Blyth Anatomy of a Haiku Assign yourself a haiku? dash is used as the cutting word (kireji) Try this: to mark first 1/3 of poem is a phrase while the latter • show an emotion • create immediacy • use common words • include concrete images • use topic from nature the pivot fog blanket hovers- fragment_rigid leaves seized in frost's jagged hold is a (this could be reversed) images of rigid, seized, and jagged are juxtaposed against the softness of a fog blanket the season (kigo) reflected through fog and frost Due haiku Letoukout for RECESS NourA or at least let it stare out the window. Haiku should include a kigo, a word or phrase that reflects a season Haiks poetry FAMOUS HAIKU POETS Not a math problem Your math is perfect. But 2 nobody cares. Assuming you write your haiku in English, not Japanese, the number of 15 syllables doesn't count. 17 is the magic number of sounds for the Japanese haiku poet. In / English, the magic number is the one that turns out the best poem in (generally) three lines. Matsuo Bashō Kobayashi Issa Masaoka Shiki Yosa Buson 17 R.H. Blyth 6t 645= 7 745+3=15 7+4+3= 14 S+8+3=Ko What to leave in yourlocker with your smellyalksocks Title Titie haiku generally do not have titles Rhyme Ideas if you rhyme your haiku, no one will like you a good haiku will convey a feeling, through an image, not an idea or judgment Sentences An "S" a haiku poem will more likely include a fragment and a phrase, not a full sentence more than one haiku are called haiku, like more than one deer, though we aren't sure if they travel in herds, flocks or schools Don't forget/ youRl! Switch from one. sense to another kireji Compare or | contrast images Balance nature and hymanity Haiku is a form of contrasts. A shift or turn will occur 1/3 or 2/3 through, juxtaposing two images to convey a particular emotional moment. Shift from wide The pivot is accomplished through use of the kireji, a cutting word, phrase, or punctuation such as a colon, em dash or ellipsis. view and narrow focus of image t's This infographic is proudly brought to you by Tweetspeak Poetry, where you'll find the best in poetry and poetic things. To learn more, visit us at TweetspeakPoetry.com E @tspoetry f /tspoetry Haku High-Q Boost your "Learn the rules, and then forget them." -Matsuo Bashō Know Your laku Haiku has its origins with traditional Japanese renga poems, chains of tanka verse which consisted of a History 5-7-5 triplet known as hokku followed by a 7-7 couplet The work of Bashō in the 17th century and later Shiki in the 19th century, led to the emergence of the hokku, now haiku, as a separate form Haiku became popular in the West during the 1950s thanks to the translation work of Harold G. Henderson and R.H. Blyth Anatomy of a Haiku Assign yourself a haiku? dash is used as the cutting word (kireji) Try this: to mark first 1/3 of poem is a phrase while the latter • show an emotion • create immediacy • use common words • include concrete images • use topic from nature the pivot fog blanket hovers- fragment_rigid leaves seized in frost's jagged hold is a (this could be reversed) images of rigid, seized, and jagged are juxtaposed against the softness of a fog blanket the season (kigo) reflected through fog and frost Due haiku Letoukout for RECESS NourA or at least let it stare out the window. Haiku should include a kigo, a word or phrase that reflects a season Haiks poetry FAMOUS HAIKU POETS Not a math problem Your math is perfect. But 2 nobody cares. Assuming you write your haiku in English, not Japanese, the number of 15 syllables doesn't count. 17 is the magic number of sounds for the Japanese haiku poet. In / English, the magic number is the one that turns out the best poem in (generally) three lines. Matsuo Bashō Kobayashi Issa Masaoka Shiki Yosa Buson 17 R.H. Blyth 6t 645= 7 745+3=15 7+4+3= 14 S+8+3=Ko What to leave in yourlocker with your smellyalksocks Title Titie haiku generally do not have titles Rhyme Ideas if you rhyme your haiku, no one will like you a good haiku will convey a feeling, through an image, not an idea or judgment Sentences An "S" a haiku poem will more likely include a fragment and a phrase, not a full sentence more than one haiku are called haiku, like more than one deer, though we aren't sure if they travel in herds, flocks or schools Don't forget/ youRl! Switch from one. sense to another kireji Compare or | contrast images Balance nature and hymanity Haiku is a form of contrasts. A shift or turn will occur 1/3 or 2/3 through, juxtaposing two images to convey a particular emotional moment. Shift from wide The pivot is accomplished through use of the kireji, a cutting word, phrase, or punctuation such as a colon, em dash or ellipsis. view and narrow focus of image t's This infographic is proudly brought to you by Tweetspeak Poetry, where you'll find the best in poetry and poetic things. To learn more, visit us at TweetspeakPoetry.com E @tspoetry f /tspoetry