Exploring Poetry - Haiku

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Welcoming you all to week 3 of " Exploring Poetry ".Any poems on any themes selected by the respective owner should be written based only on the chosen Poetry Form.Each time when a new prompt is put up , you will be given an example(own) to start with.You can write and link them up or else if you have already one ,you can link it up that too .

Today's Prompt : Haiku

What is an Haiku ?

• Haiku is invented by Japanese and it means playful verse
• It is one form of poetry that combines form ,content and language in a meaningful, yet compact form.
• Nature, Feelings and experiences are expressed mostly in Haiku poems.
• The common form of Haiku is just 3 lines.The first one will be written with 5 syllables,second one is written with 7 syllables and the last line with again 5 syllables.Overall being only 17 syllables.-(A Syllable is an elementary sound, or a combination of elementary sounds, uttered together like now -1 syllable,today-2 syllables,everyday-3 syllables).
• The Haiku must paint a mental image on the mind of the reader who reads the Haiku.
• Haiku are emotions expressed through concrete images by writing

How to write an Haiku ?
Make sure they contain the below :

• 3-short lines of 17 syllables ( 5-7-5)
• 1-season word - something related to nature ,weathers(spring,summer,fall,winter) and also human activities
• 1-cutting word -The idea is to create a leap between the two parts of first two lines or the last two lines and to create a shift from the above two is what is called as internal comparison. These two parts sometimes create a contrast, sometime a comparison which is quite challenging for a poet.
• No rhyme , no metaphor and no - ing (gender)

To check the number of syllables for any given word :Click here

Example :

Opened to all eyes

An Interactive Diary

To Blog is such fun

Sometimes Haiku can be written in less than 17 syllables too but in 3-short lines and following the other rules as stated above.

Young Hearts in Love

Both Families consents

Satisfaction

Love Remembrance

Do wear to touch your body

Not ring but my Heart

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