Haiku

To convey one's mood

In seventeen syllables

Is very diffic-

- John Cooper Clarke

HAIKU

What is a haiku?

A Japanese form of poetry

A summer mountain -

The air is warm and fragrant

Why you wear snow?

• 3 lines
• 5,7,5 structure
• 17 syllables in total

Write sentences about these pictures using only 5 syllables

• A haiku should present a very clear image.
• The poem tries to capture a 'word picture', a snapshot of a moment of beauty.
• They are often about nature/seasons etc.

What is a syllable?

A. Parts of a word, broken up into the different sounds

B. Words that rhyme with each other

C. A type of cat

How many syllables are in your name?

How many syllables are in 'supercalifragilisticexpialidocious'?

14 -

su-per-cal-i-frag-i-lis-tic-ex-pi-al-i-do-cious.

answer: A

The first soft white snow

Enough to bend the gold leaves

Of the tall trees low

Write your own!

challenge yourself: use a simile or metaphor