Write Your Own Haiku for Kids: Write Poetry in the Japanese Tradition - Easy Step-by-Step Instructions to Compose Simple Poems

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Age range 8 to 12

Haiku is a uniquely Japanese form of poetry that uses images from nature to capture a feeling or a moment. Haiku are short but powerfulmaking them easy and fun to write and share with your friends. The activities in this book will show you how to create your own haiku, and will help you to think up memorable words and images, and write the three short lines that make a great haiku. With clear explanations and many examples, this is a great way to have fun while you explore this fascinating aspect of Japanese culture.

Write Your Own Haiku introduces four styles of haiku to readers and includes projects on:

• Your first haikuhow to get started with the classic form of poetry
  
• Haiku about Natureexploring nature is a traditional element in haiku
  
• HaibunHaiku with a short story
  
• HaigaHaiku with a drawing
  
• RengaHaiku that you write with friends

Reviews

"A glossary and a haiku resource guide round out this excellent choice for children as well as teachers seeking fresh materials for poetry units." --Booklist
"This wonderful step-by-step guide teaches children and adults about the art of haiku and renga (linked poem). Beginning with simple instructions and advancing on to activities, poetry students can learn and grow from the rich history and examples of thought processes presented here. () VERDICT A well-constructed and thoughtful guide for fledgling poets. School and classroom libraries will want to purchase." -- School Library Journal
"This book gives a bit of history as well as what a haiku is and then gives the seven steps to writing a haiku. [] Have you ever written a haiku They are fun to write and read! Be sure to check out this fun book to get you started." -- Crafty Moms Share blog

Author Bio

Patricia Donegan served on the faculty of East-West poetics at Naropa University under Allen Ginsberg and Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, was a student of haiku master Seishi Yamaguchi, and a Fulbright scholar to Japan. She is a meditation teacher, previous poetry editor for Kyoto Journal, and a longtime member of the Haiku Society of America. Her books on haiku have combined scholarship and insight in reaching young and old to inspire and sustain a lifelong interesting in haiku poetry, in both Japanese and English.