How to Write a Haiku Video Lecture | The Easy Way to write Short Stories and Fiction - Personal Skills

how to write a haiku a haiku is a 17
syllable Japanese nature poem although
many rules have been proposed for
writing japanese-style haiku in English
the best lessons for writing these poems
come from Japanese haiku masters
themselves you will need a collection of
Japanese haiku a seasoned word to
sensory images and a surprise ending
step 1
familiarize yourself with haiku
translated from the Japanese one of the
most famous Japanese haiku poems by
Matsuo Basho is translated into English
as old pond a frog jumps in sound of
water english language haiku are usually
written in three lines the first line
has five syllables the second has seven
and the third has five step to select a
season to write about your haiku must
include one word that evokes nature
during this season step 3 select two
images that appeal to the senses for the
first two lines of the poem the images
can be rooted in the immediate present
in memory or in fantasy step 4 add a
third line that connects the images in
the first two lines in a new and
surprising way the third line of Basho's
poem evokes surprised by the Frog
jumping into the water
did you know computer programs have been
written that generate haiku out of
random words