What Is A Haiku?

What is a haiku?

Haiku is an unrhymed type of poetry, originating in Japan, the purpose of a haiku is to give, describe, and create vivid images from the nature in only three lines. A traditional haiku contains a total of seventeen syllables,where each line contains a specified set of syllables;

1. The first line contains five syllables.
2. The middle line contains seven syllables.
3. The last line contains five syllables. 

Traditional haiku also have two essential elements;

1. The Kireji (A cutting word!)
2. The Kigo (The reference to a particular season)

tting word!)

2.

The Kigo (The seasonal reference by means of words)

As directed in the haiku “The Old Pond”, composed by Matsuo Basho;

The old pond,

A frog jumps in-

Splash! The sound of water.

           

Haiku-1

As a water drop falls,

Melody of ripple rises in pond,

Too loud to be heard.

Haiku-2

A scar from yore, 

A thousand sins to redeem,

Still the scar heals.

 

Haiku-3

Ethereal moonlit night,

A huge wave soars over the sea,

Why still day dreaming?

Haiku-4

Sweet and sour in oranges,

Sour seems good sweet tastes better,

Still both together taste best.

 

Haiku-5

Stars shine in night’s dark,

Sins are but scars are not flaws,

Still moon shines in dawn.