What is a Haiku?

April is set aside as National Poetry Month to celebrate poets and poetry. The Academy of American Poets and other  poetry organizations schedule events this month. 

For more information visit: National Poetry Month.

My favorite poetry style is a Haiku (plural Haiku).

hai·ku /ˈhīˌko͞o/ (noun)

1. a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world. 

   Haiku is one of the most important form of traditional Japanese poetry: 5/ 7/ 5 syllables. Some Haiku:

Senses Haiku

 By Maritza M. Mejia@2015

from Poems, Thoughts and More 

Sightless

If we were sightless

We would see human’s essence

Not skin colors

 Unscented

If we were unscented

We do not enjoy nature

And the beauty of life

Unheard

Voice without sound,

Are we listening to others?

Attend to be heard!

  

 Tasteless

Life without flavor,

Empty, gloomy, dim, tasteless,

Toss color to your life!

Untouched

Undesirable!

How could this be possible?

Humans need humans.

Intuition

One precious value!

Watch, sense, listen, and feel,

Follow it on your path.

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Poems, Thoughts and More 

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