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Article: Picture "Painting".(teaching haiku)
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- March 1, 2000
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The form of poetry we know as haiku has its roots in Japan centuries ago. Young poets gathered at parties to write a long collaborative poem known as a renga. The poet with the best reputation would start the poem. Other poets, in turn, each added a short section. Eventually these short sections began to be liberated from the renga and to survive as distinct poems, from which haiku's 17-syllable, 3-line form evolved. A verbal "snapshot" related to nature or the seasons, haiku does not tell a story. Rather, with vivid and precise words, it creates a picture that appeals to the senses.
The Haiku Snapshot
Begin the lesson by having a couple of students read ...