This is the challenge of Haiku - to put the poem's meaning and imagery in the reader's mind in ONLY 17 syllables over just three (3) lines of poetry!

*Remember, punctuation and indention is arbitrary (meaning it’s up to you, the author to put it in your poem) ... Here's your chance to try your hand at writing Haiku. If you want some

Make sure you have looked at all the other links to prep you into writing a ... proper Haiku poem (E.g., Haiku Poems, Lesson Plans, How to in Haiku).

Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry that is easy to make. Things don't have to rhyme, but instead rely on specific syllable patterns. Are there any budding poets ... Example: poem in 5 syllable,

imag/ images, usually two of them make for good HAIKU ... HAIKU is the shortest poem in the world. HAIKU poets in India refer to 5 seasons. What do you think is the fifth?

It may take some time and substitution of words to make it fit ... How to Write A Traditional Haiku Poem

This simple one-line poem is an excellent example of the riddle-poem style. Good riddle-poems are terse, pithy, visual, rhythmic. Like haiku, they take their power from ... How to Make a Riddle-Poem

Create your own pseudo-Haiku poetry ... Created by Rodrigo de Almeida Siqueira

Japanese poets use a "saijiki" or season word almanac to check the seasonal association for key words that they might use in a haiku (thus the haiku is a seasonal poem, and thus often about...

This new form of poetry was to be written, read and understood as an independent poem, ... Feel free to use anything from this page as long as you make references and links to HAIKU for PEOPLE.