Haiku Examples

Haiku Examples Haiku Haiku is a type of Japanese poem with a very specific pattern. There are 3 lines with 17 syllables. The first and last lines have 5 syllables, and the middle line has 7 syllables. Typically, haiku poetry is about nature. Examples of Haiku: (These are translated, so syllables might not be exact.) From Basho Matsuo-"Haiku master" from the 1600s Wrapping dumplings in bamboo leaves, with one finger she tidies her hair Black Cloudbank broken Scatters in the night... Now see Moon-lighted mountains! With dewdrops dripping, I wish somehow I could wash this perishing world From Yosa Buson-1700s A long hard journey, rain beating down the clover like a wanderer's feet A painting for sale - A swallow lets fall a dropping, As it flies away. Clinging to the bell he dozes so peacefull this new butterfly