Summer's End

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Sun

Sun beams from the sky
humidity on its rays
solar system star


Summer's End

Darkness descends earlier
wearing white fades,
bar-b-ques and picnics slow
as theme parks scatter.

Labor Day nears
school begins,
summer's end
the cycle continues.

Tree

Leaves wobbling downward
as tree limbs peck at my pane,
a change finally.

Source: http://voices.yahoo.com/summers-end-11154248.html

Snow Storm

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after the blizzard,
frozen angel impressions
wind still howl and push.



Bright Stare of the sun-
people shoving piles of it
some chat more than work.



Tires slide back and forth
sprinkling salt provides traction
car finally free.

Source: http://voices.yahoo.com/snow-storm-10541649.html

Haiku

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Closer Look At The Haiku

The Haiku, known as Hokku before the 19th century ended, is a form of Japanese poetry.

Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902) was the writer credited for Haiku's name. He was influenced by Western culture. Shiki leaned toward the European notion of plein air painting, and he adjusted a style of Haiku, nature drawing in words.

The words plein air painting is french which means "in the open air." It describes out-door painting.

Shiki's verse columns, essays and views became popular in newspapers.

Shiki made Haiku his own by peeling away any resemblance to Buddhism and collaborative poetry. He moved away from the term Hokku, and put forth the term Haiku. The name Haiku has been used in English and Japanese to reference this poetry form, even though the term was around before Shiki.

The traditional Japanese poetry form spoke of nature and what place humans had in it.

Haiku poems are written in 17 syllables, moras. The mora is a sound unit, like a syllable. Moras don't translate well. So, syllables are used.

Haiku poems are 3 un-rhymed lines. The first and last lines holds 5 syllables, and its middle displays 7 syllables.

Some people read nature tales, take hikes or nature walk to prepare for Haiku poetry writing.

Haiku Poems

An old silent pond...

A frog jumps into the pond,

splash! Silence again.

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the first cold shower

event the monkey seems to want

a little coat of straw

by

Basho Matsuo

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Over the wintry

forest, winds howl in rage

with no leaves to blow.

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how many gallons

of Edo's rain did you drink?

cuckoo

by

Issa

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The wind driven storm

blows an ocean upon land,

splitting it in half.

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jump 'way grasshopper

the blades will cut you down too-

its bag swallows.

by

Marcella Glenn

Source: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/8226893/haiku.html?cat=38

Haiku: What Is It?

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Haiku, hi-coo, is poetry from
the Japanese culture.

Let's look at the classic form.
The poem is three lines. Five
syllables sit in line one, seven
syllables in line two, and five
syllables situate themselves in
the last line.

Traditionally, the theme is
centered on nature.

Originally, haiku poems did not
rhyme.

However, today's poet rhyme them,
use any theme, less syllables per
line, and reverse the form.

The focus of this post is on
the classic, traditional, form.

Write a haiku by narrowing
down one thought, mood,
or feeling. Pour-in words that
show clear mental pictures.

What are your thoughts on snow,
for example? Write down anything,
everything, you want to say in
your poems. Select the words
with vivid imagery.

Keep in mind the poem should
be three lines, and seventeen
syllables.

Count the syllables as you
arrange your thoughts for
poems.

I suggest that you make a word
list by syllables.

Let's look closer at haiku poems.

Poem One

Line 1--5 syllables:
snow blankets the ground

Line 2--7 syllables:
layers it in white softness

Line 3--5 syllables:
black, silver, and gray

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Poem Two
Line 1--5 syllables:
a storm manifests

Line 2--7 syllables:
trees bow to the howling wind

Line 3--5 syllables:
it calls to the rain

Stir-up your imagination with
haiku poems. Select descriptive
words.