Today we’ll write some haiku poems.
For this form of poetry the rule is syllable counting.
It’s a three-line poem. The syllable count is 5, 7, 5.
Like this:
Poetry writing
In today’s computer lab
What treasures we’ll find!
Read Write Think Haiku Poetry Helper
Click here to try out the Read Write Think interactive to write and learn more about haiku poetry. I tried it out, and you can learn a lot more about haiku. They will even help you write one with some added features. Here is what I did when I clicked the link above.
You get a work space to brainstorm and practice before publishing.
You can choose one of the Japanese images that they provide. Or…
You can even add your own image. This is a picture I took from the Bahrain Bay.
