Form Poetry - Haiku

Try writing one about something
you observe around you

In a traditional haiku, the rules were more specific. The theme was always one of nature and the syllable pattern was predetermined. The first line had 5 syllables, the second had 7 and the third had 5.

In a more modern haiku, the three line guide holds true, but the theme and syllable requirements are much more lax. See some of the samples below, submitted by students in past years.

Rain

falling, drowning me

in sorrow

Eyes leak...

(Britney Schwab)

Guitar

Beckons me from its perch

six steel strings and slender wood

longing for human touch.

(Chad Marchand)

A frog 

Croaks its complaint

to the peace of night

under a cold starry night sky

(Travis Arnal)

I'm anxious to see what you come up with.