Be Productive: Haiku

 the old pond, 

a frog jumps in,

sound of water 

                   - Matsuo Basho

Not long ago I was reading some posts on Zen Habits. The word haiku
caught my attention; haiku is defined as a very short poetic form, consisting of three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables each, and must have a special word which evokes the season. My first impression of haiku is a very naive one; I always think haiku can only be written by professional.

My research on haiku proved my initial hypothesis wrong because haiku can be written by anyone, regardless of races and genders. Writing haiku hones one's ability to express his creativity in the most simple and concise form. The limitation of syllables in haiku forces its writer to play carefully with their choices of word.

Maybe some of you may view haiku as unattractive seems each sentence does not really create any pattern or rhythm. In my opinion, haiku is simple and beautiful because it paints picture in your mind.

I will post my own haiku on Monday, maybe you guys would like to give haiku a shot. Just visit the links below to learn more about writing haiku.

Resources:
http://haiku.cc.ehime-u.ac.jp/~shiki/Start-Writing.html
http://howtowriteahaiku.wordpress.com/tag/quick-tutorial/
http://www.modernhaiku.org/mhbooks/gurgaHPG2003.html