If you're a word geek like me, you usually have a dictionary handy, so that whenever you come across a word with a curious tone to it, you can flip open your dicationary & look up, not only its meaning, but its etymological roots.
Why not try this:
- Randomly flip open your dictionary & point to a word (or just choose a word on the page that you are drawn to)
- 3-short lines
- 1-season word (any word that might allude to the time of year)
- 1-cutting word
- no rhyme or metaphor
- (17 syllables, usually 5-7-5, although in the English language this is less stringent)
Write the word down, and its definition or etymological root.
Keep doing this until you have enough words to inspire a Haiku.
- General rules for Haiku:
If you're unsure as to How to write a Haiku, check out Haiku for People.
Examples:
- One day of early spring
A snowman melts
I drink it
- Kenjiro HIgashi
After the storm
A boy wiping the sky
From the tables
- Darko Plazanin
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