Writing Your Haiku
📋 What it is
Combine the 5-7-5 count, imagery and a season word to write an original haiku.
🗣️ Coach says
Now put it together: pick a moment, add a season word, paint it with the senses, and shape it into 5-7-5. Don't force rhyme — haiku doesn't need it. Trim every unnecessary word until it's pure.
🧠 Memory hook
Moment + kigo + imagery + 5-7-5. No rhyme needed. Trim ruthlessly.
😂 Giggle
Why did the poet cut extra words?
Because in a haiku, every single syllable has to earn its place!
😲 Whoa!
Writing a good haiku can take longer than a whole page of prose — every single syllable has to earn its place.
✅ Quick check: Does a haiku need to rhyme?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
No — haiku relies on imagery and rhythm, not rhyme.
Traditional haiku is unrhymed; the 5-7-5 shape and imagery carry it.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Write one haiku about the weather right now, counting 5-7-5 on your fingers.