23. Words of Wisdom

Photo by risiblelady.

Anonymously write words of wisdom on the sidewalk with chalk

19. Dictionary Haikus

by Magister Spencer Boegeman.

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)
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:

• 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)

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