Poetry+-+Haiku

=Haiku= Haiku is so hard the seventeen syllables must fit each other. = = = = =Haiku= traditional Japanese poem about nature; three lines with syllables of five, seven, five

The first snow! Enough to bend the leaves of the jonquil low. //Matsue Basho (1644-1694)//

A giant firefly: that way, this way, that way, this-- and it passes by. //Issa (1762 - 1826)//

=TANKYA= same as haiku, but syllables per line of five, seven, five, seven, seven

A small green oval Falling free and gracefully Through the dark blue skies Never seeing the tall tree It once lived peacefully on //by Jeanne Jord//