haiku
- noun
- /ˈhaɪku/
- Literature
- In the poetry class, we learned to write our own haiku using the 5-7-5 syllable structure.
- write a haiku
- Haiku poetry
- compose a haiku
I have a friend who's a poet, but he writes haiku, OK, Which is an entirely different.
- I have a friend who's a poet, but he writes haiku, OK, Which is an entirely different.
- It read like like a beautiful proverb or a poem or a haiku or something.
- And haiku project is haiku is some of you.
- It's, it's or, or math or haikus, let's call it because I'm a poet.
- It's like almost at haiku levels of perfection and that about sums it up.
- And it's a short poem that Francisco wrote, you know, that of similar to that of haiku, but he wanted to really, it's not that short, right?
Examples
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It's a kind of a poem called "Haiku".
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I wrote little haiku poems.
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So then today I wrote a haiku for the day.
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Maybe you could... write a haiku to express your feelings.
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In groups of three, write a haiku or short verse to go with the picture.
Academic text (1990) -
Here, students draw on their knowledge of the haiku and its form to create a class haiku (see Figure 4).
Academic text (2015) -
We can all write emails and haikus better, right?
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I want to read the top five haikus that the contest that received the most votes.
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Sixth-grade music teacher Robert Jares describes a Japanese haiku performance as one way of integrating literature with music.
Academic text (1993) -
The students write a Japanese poem, called a haiku, and then compose an ostinato using a percussion instrument.
Academic text (1993)
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Haiku comes from the Japanese haikai ('playful verse') and ku ('verse' or 'poem'). So, a haiku is literally a very short poem of three lines that often shows one clear moment in nature.