Haiku Do You Do?

January 05, 2012

Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry that contains only 17 syllables in three lines. Haiku often captures a feeling or thought and is often about nature. For National Haiku Day in late December, we set up a Haiku station at the Dearborn Branch and invited people to come and leave their haikus on the table:

Spinning with the wind,
Crystal flakes descend to Earth –
Painting our world white.
     -Amaranth Ebony, Novelist/Otaku

Wind swirling around
Cold shivering down my spine
Winter comes to us
     -Anonymous

Went to school today
Got a pop quiz from teacher.
Aced the test, I pray.
     -???

Visit the library to check out some books on haiku, and write your own bit of poetry.

Cheryl P.
Dearborn Branch