1. Haiku
A Japanese poetic form

2. Matsuo Bashō Developed the form of haiku
1683: His hut burned down and his mother died, so he became a wandering monk
Traveled from place to place, teaching people in every town about haiku

3. What is a haiku?
Haiku: A poem consisting of three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables. Usually focuses on some aspect of nature.
The “Haiku Moment”: A haiku is like a photograph, depicting a scene and often causing an emotional response in its viewer. The “photograph” itself has no caption telling us how to respond to it.

4. Four Haiku (1) By Bashō Within plum orchard,
Sturdy oak takes no notice
Of flowering blooms.

5. (2) By Murakami Kijo
First autumn morning: the mirror I stare into shows my father's face.

6. (3) By Richard Wright
The spring lingers on
In the scent of a damp log
Rotting in the sun

7. (4) By Michael R. Collings
Freeway overpass-- Blossoms in grafitti on fog-wrapped June mornings