Thursday, March 24, 2011

Happy Haiku



Here is another activity from The Happy Book:

The beauty of haiku comes from being economical with your words (a recession friendly poem!)-you're forced to describe things as simply as possible (first line: five syllables, second line: seven syllables, third line: five syllables), and in the process, you find new ways of thinking and describing. Write a series of haikus about your favorite things.

Here are a few of my haikus:

It takes just one click
To capture simple beauty
And share it with all.

You read the first word
Immediately taken
To a world beyond

One half teaspoon here
Now a whole cup is added
Everything changes

Dipping under trees
While following the river
Tripping over logs

New notes meet your ears
A melody ripples through
Words that spin your head


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