Study of Japanese art and gardens would complement the lesson, too. Basically you need to be attuned to your senses and the world around you. When you write a haiku, you are sharing an event or an ...

February is National Haiku Writing Month. The website nahaiwrimo.com urges us to write one haiku a day for the month of February. "Why February? Because it’s the shortest month, for the world’s ...

At the end of this lesson students will be able to: Write a haiku Have an appreciation of haiku as a powerful form of expressing a connection with nature. MCT Competencies for Gifted 4th and 5th ...

To explore different types of poetry and write your own haiku poem. All poems are made up of words. Poems can tell a story or be about a thought or a feeling. They can be serious or silly ...

“Just don’t throw in unnecessary words for the sake of adding it up to five or seven syllables.” As you write, remember that this competition’s haiku are destined for tree boxes downtown, surrounded ...