Our students have done a truly wonderful job working with different poetic forms thus far this quarter, so I thoought it was time to give a more modern form (a variation on a timeless classic) a shot.
The hay(na)ku is fairly modern poetic tercet (three-line) form where the first line consists of one word, the second line of two words, and the third line of three words. Pronounced "hay-nah-koo," this form was invented by poet Eileen Tabios and was officially inaugurated on the Web on June 2003. Since then, the form (a variation of a haiku) has spread through the Web to poets all over the world.
Here's some easy-to-follow criteria for what a poem needs to have to be considered a hay(na)kuto:
1. The purpose is to concisely capture a specific moment or feeling in time.Here are a few examples:
2. A tercet: 3 lines
3. A total of 6 words: 1 in the first line, 2 in the second line, and 3 in the third line.
4. There is no restriction on syllables or stressed or rhymes.
Lost,
off course—
trail flashes lie.
Sunshine
warms cheek.
Spring is here!
Read Up and Write On!
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