Take a break from the stress of the day &a mp\; enjoy this month&rsquo\;s self-guided activity. This month\, write up your own spooky Haiku and submit it for display on our GIANT spiderweb\, located on the 1st floor of the library. ðŸ¦‡ðŸŽƒðŸ•·ï¸ ðŸ•¸ï¸
\n\nA traditional Japanese haiku is a three-l ine poem with seventeen syllables\, written in a 5/7/5 syllable count. Oft en focusing on images from nature\, haiku emphasizes simplicity\, intensit y\, and directness of expression.
\nDiscover more poetic terms.
\ nHistory of the Haiku Form
\nHaiku began in thirteenth-century Ja pan as the opening phrase of \;renga\, an oral poem\, generally a hund red stanzas long\, which was also composed syllabically. The much shorter haiku broke away from renga in the sixteenth century \;and was mastere d a century later by \;Matsuo Basho\, who wrote this classic haiku:
\n \; \; \; \; An old pond!
\; \; \;
\; A frog jumps in&mdash\;
\; \; \; \; the soun
d of water.
As the form has evolved\, many of its regular traits&m dash\;including its famous syllabic pattern&mdash\;have been routinely bro ken. However\, the philosophy of haiku has been preserved: the focus on a brief moment in time\; a use of provocative\, colorful images\; an ability to be read in one breath\; and a sense of sudden enlightenment.
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