| ng for a way to write short love poems? Look no | | | | and plain language. You have to get good at writing |
| further than haiku poetry! Haiku may be the shortest | | | | what haiku poet Ray Rasmussen has aptly called |
| living poetry in the world! In just a few words, an | | | | "first-order sense mind impressions." This somewhat |
| entire sentiment can be expressed. But how to write | | | | long way of describing how to write haiku simply |
| them you ask? It's easy! Look at this short love | | | | means you need to look at what's going on now, not |
| poem: | | | | what's happening in the past or what may happen in |
| Spring breeze --her hand accidentallygrazes mine | | | | the future. |
| Here we have a scene where we know what time | | | | For example, the phrase "her hand accidentally grazes |
| of year it is. We also know the kind of day it is... | | | | mine" describes an event that is taking place. It |
| breezy. Now, the next two lines describe an event | | | | doesn't ornament it with flowery language. It simple |
| that takes place in "real time." Because that's what | | | | describes what is happening in the present. Many |
| haiku is all about. It's about present moment | | | | people think writing haiku is easy. That's because |
| occurrences. What could be more immediate and | | | | they don't understand how to write haiku. Short love |
| suggestive of love than what is taking place as it's | | | | poems the haiku way are a unique way of |
| taking place? | | | | expressing your feeling for another person. To do it, |
| To write haiku, you have to learn how to rid yourself | | | | think first of writing a phrase, then, combine it with a |
| of western poetic devices like analogy, simile, and | | | | sentence fragment and you've just written your first |
| metaphor. Haiku seek to describe events in simple | | | | haiku love poem! |