Author Notes
The average temperature in Mount Fuji, Japan, in May is between 21.2 and 31.1*F. May falls in the rainy and snowy season.
HAIKU Definition: haiku is a short poem that uses imagistic language to convey the essence of an experience of nature intuitively linked to the human condition.
The essence of haiku is cutting (KIRU) represented by the juxtaposition of two images or ideas separated by a (KIREJI) dash or ellipsis (~ ... )
KIGO (seasonal reference), usually drawn from a (SAIJIKI) an extensive list of season terms. if you wish to read a saijiki
English haiku doesn't have to be 5/7/5, just 17 syllables OR LESS and as brief as possible. Japanese syllables are shorter than English syllables. source of rules
for example, one of the greatest haiku in history, written by haiku master, Matsuo Basho....
old pond
frogs jumped in
sound of water .................... In English, it's 2/3/4
Same haiku in Japanese....
furu ike ya
kawazu tobikomu
mizu no to ..................... In Japanese it's 5/7/5
source--haiku society of America
William J. Higginson Haiku Society of America
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