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The traditional Japanese Haiku contains 17 syllables in 3 lines.
Usually a kigo or season word from nature is used. A great haiku will share some kind of insight or revelation. Here are two examples from The essential Haiku by Robert Hass:
Autumn moon-
a small boat
drifting down the tide.
Pissing in the snow
outside my door-
it makes a very straight hole
Issa
To my understanding a contemporary haiku in English is a short 3 lined poem. Because the English
language is so different from the Japanese with much longer syllables, 17 syllables is not required.
A fine contemporary Haiku will:
Have a reference to the season
Try to capture a moment in time
Create the feeling of connection to nature
Capture a glimpse of insight or revelation
Here are two fine examples from Haiku Mind by Patricia Donegan
on the patio
the afternoon drifts along
with the butterfly
Patricia J. Machmiller
shorter kisses
longer quarrels
winter solstice
Eric Amann
Original haiku and illustration by Lakshmi:
laying in my bed
leaves fall outside my window
my cat wants in
Lakshmi
Here are some links for further reading about haiku:
http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/edwall/higginson_guidelines_for_writing_haiku.pdf
http://www.scribophile.com/academy/an-introduction-to-advanced-haiku.pdfhttp://www.modernhaiku.org/