The Easiest Form of Poetry to Write: Haiku
Anyone can master this type of poetry. It is written in three phrases with 5, seven and five syllables or equivalent of 17 syllables only. Others write it with 3, five and three syllables, then a poem is created!
Image via Wikipedia Haiku monument of Masaoka Shiki, Taisan-ji
Haiku was previously called Hokku. At the end of the 19th century Masaoka Shiki, who was a Japanese writer was the one who gave its name to Haiku. The main difference of Japanese Haiku with the English Haiku is the subject.
In Japanese traditional Haiku takes aspects of the natural world as their subject matter, while the English Haiku deals with any subject matter. Japanese Haiku is written in three phrases of 5, 7 and 5 syllables.
(Haiku 1) Nature’s elements:
Animals, trees and mountains
Man, the highest form.
(Haiku 2) Ample oil spills
Pollute the sea and ocean
Death of birds and fish.
(Haiku 3) Illegal logging
Impels a mountain to plunge
And submerge vast land.
(Haiku 4) Filthy air we breathe
Destroys the environment
Too bad for our health.
(Haiku 5) Toxic chemicals:
Carbon, Methane and Ozone
Cause Global Warming.
Haiku is another type of poetry. Anyone can write it. Haiku poetry has no title. It depends on the theme or subject of the poem used by the author.
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Hey, it is easy
Welcome Dreamy and thank you. You might try writing haiku also.
like what Nxwtypx has done.
@Nxwtypx – you see you already mastered it. this is my new finding. what good in this type of writing – it helps ease my stress. Thanks dude.
Good you shared this one. Many writers are confused about Haiku.
Welcome dude Papaleng. In Haiku a writer can also use rhymes. Every time I am short for idea to write article I focus on writing some pieces of Haiku and from them many ideas will follow.
Hi pruelpo, I enjoyed this and decided to link to it from my article on ‘Tanka’ an older form of Japanese poetry. Just thought I’d let you know. In case you’re interested, here’s the link: http://writinghood.com/writing/how-to-write-poetry-tanka/
@toomanysounds – welcome and thank you for linking this piece with your article about Tanka – Yes I found Tanka an interesting type of poetry writing at which the idea of Haiku originated. I might write some Tanka poems too…See you around again.
Great introduction to the world of Haiku. Thanks.
Once again thank friend Joe Ram. Much appreciated.
Great examples of Haiku….nice share…thanks