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Haiku 495 –


 * A haiku is a very short form of Japanese poetry.
 * In Japanese, haiku are traditionally printed in a single vertical line while haiku in English often appear in three lines to parallel the three phrases of Japanese haiku.
 * Before it was called Hokku, haiku was given its current name by the Japanese writer Masaoka Shiki at the end of the 19th century.
 * In Japanese language a haiku has 17 syllables-5 in lines 1 and 3; 7 in line 2. They present images of nature and they contrast images of everyday life.

Some of the questions you might ask yourself are: 1. In Chora's haiku, so you wait for the toad to move, or do you poke it? 2. In Chiyo's haiku, do you ever use that bucket for water again? 3. In Basho's haiku, what might you be doing before the frog jumps in? 4. In Issa's haiku, for how long are you able to see the hills?

__ Examples of Japanese Haiku __ = =

Haiku poems of images and the personification

//Get out of my road// //and allow me to plant these// //bamboos, Mr. Toad.// //--Miura Chora//


 * **A man is doing his daily life job planting bamboo a toad appears and gets in the way.**
 * **It is spring time.**
 * **A frog comes out of nowhere.**
 * **The sense is sight.**

//A morning glory// //Twined round the bucket:// //I will ask my neighbor for water.// //--Chiyo//


 * **A flower is wrapping around a bucket and need for water.**
 * **It is spring time.**
 * **A flower needs water in the perfect weather.**
 * **The sense is sight.**

//The old pond;// //A frog jumps in:// //Sound of water.// //--Matsuo Basho//


 * **The frog wanted to be in silence and alone in the old pond.**
 * **It is summer time.**
 * **Being alone isn’t always bad.**
 * **The sense is sound.**

//A dragonfly!// //The distant hills// //Reflected in his eyes.// //--Kobayashi Issa//


 * **A dragonfly wanted to wonder and get away.**
 * **It is summer /spring time.**
 * **He discovered how wonderful the view is.**
 * **the sense is sight.**