It’s National Poetry Month, everybody! Let’s celebrate with haiku about reading.
Here’s how to write haiku – a reminder in case you haven’t done this since grade school! Begin with a poignant moment. Include a reference to nature. Create a shift.
A traditional Japanese haiku is a three-line poem with seventeen syllables, written in a 5/7/5 syllable count. Often focusing on images from nature, haiku emphasizes simplicity, intensity, and directness of expression (from poets.org).
Here’s a famous example from Bashō, a 17th-century Japanese poet and master of haiku:
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An old silent pond…
A frog jumps into the pond,
splash! Silence again.
Here are some of our favorites about reading:
Treasured stack of books
water stained vintage paper
old fishing stories.
Character go forth
Unlimited stories
That new book smell.
Reading and I have
an intense relationship
to put it lightly.
Letters on the page
Worlds created in my mind
I live many lives.
And here are a few more, written by RIFer Donna C:
A large stack of books
whittled down
but never ending
Reading takes me far
alone I go
yet lonesome no more
After reading it
I can’t wait
to give it away!
