Japanese PoetryBy Derek

What is Haiku?A Japanese form of poetry which has three lines that are seven, five, and seven syllables consecutively. Haiku does not rhyme.

Haiku's Two Requirements:•kigo - a seasonal reference•kireji - a verbal caesura:

• an interrupted word (i.e.gath'ring) • an interrupted thought (often shown by a dash or an ellipsis)

Summer's dry wind gusts Raking broken twigs and leaves Ominous death call -Victor C. Pellegrino

Quiet TrampolinesLight fading slowly

Quiet the trampoline sat-Why are those days gone?

-Derek

What is Waka?Waka is a genre of classical Japanese verse. It was originally used to separate real, Japanese poetry from poetry written in Chinese by Japanese authors. Tanka,Choka, and Sedoka are all sub-genres under Waka.

Tanka •It is the only lasting form of Waka•It has five lines which contain 5-7-5-7-7 syllables

What are they to me, Silver, or gold, or jewels? How could they ever Equal the greater treasure That is a child? They can not -Okura

DreamingWhite...an empty gaze

Dreaming about better daysBoth past and to come

Days filled with laughter and life-That will always burn out bright

-Derek

What is Renga?Renga uses the same pattern and guidelines as Tanka, but Renga is co-authored. One writer pens the first three lines and another pens the last two.

KnowledgeWhen light is dawning

When a new seed is planted-The birth of knowledge.

A loss too great to conceive.The hope has faded away.

-Derek and

Ashley

WorkThe ant works so hard

Autumn days are quite intense. Lazy grasshopper...

But, time is a funny thing-Work and its lack, proves futile

-Ashley and

Derek

Credits•Created by Derek •Images by Google Images