February is National Haiku Writing Month. The website nahaiwrimo.com urges us to write one haiku a day for the month of February. "Why February? Because it’s the shortest month, for the world’s ...

Introduce and discuss the 7 characteristics of writing haiku on chart paper. Anchor the idea with examples of each characteristic. Re-read Basho and the Fox and focus on the haiku poetry by doing a ...

Teacher will analyze student created haiku based on three simple rules discovered by the students. For example, "juicy words", content relating to nature, and the 5-7-5 repeating pattern. This lesson ...

Here is an example of a haiku by Lewis Grandison Alexander about rain: Listen to the rain Falling broken on the ground: Pity the sky once. A haiku is a traditional form for poetry from Japan.

The Haiku Stairs, an Oahu landmark often called the Stairway to Heaven, will be removed from the end of April, according to a press release from the Honolulu city government. “I can promise you ...