month 1. month 2. |
For the first month, all you have to do is:
Read Clark Strand's Seeds from a Birch Tree: writing haiku and the spiritual journey (1997). That book is the strongest proponent of use of the "traditional 5-7-5" format with English syllables:
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Seeds from a Birch Tree: writing haiku and the spiritual journey (1997)
by Clark Strand, teaches by example about writing haiku through being present and not being effortful. |
In the end you will have about 30 haiku in a "traditional 5-7-5" format
See month 2 for what comes next!
Notes:
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Jump-start your poetry with ideas from our writing exercises.
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Poetry exercises with poetry forms:
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Other poets:
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