Monday, February 27, 2012

What is a Haiku Poem?

Haiku poems are a type of poem from Japan. A haiku poem is usually made out of 3 lines only, but sometimes, it is made out of many stanzas of 3 lines. In every Haiku poem, the first line has 5 syllables, 7 syllables in the second line, and 5 in the third too. But if the poem is longer, the same pattern repeats in the next stanza. There may or may not be any rhyming of words in a haiku poem, most people use end rhymes in haiku poems, but some people don't. Below are some examples of haiku poems I got from the internet.

An example of a long haiku poem:
Powdered sugared pines
Red berries in furry caps
Landscapes transforming

Snow Angel canvas
Fragile lazer-cut crystals
Glorious quiet

Brightly shining fields
Soft gifts from Heaven on tongues
Earth's winter fur coat

An example of a short haiku poem:
Falling to the ground
I watch a leaf settle down
In a bed of brown

This is basically what haiku poems are.

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