Capstone: The Poet's Craft
📋 What it is
Bring every skill together to write and polish a small collection of poems.
🗣️ Coach says
The capstone: combine counting, imagery, kigo, the cut, sound devices and revision to write a small set of polished poems. Choosing which form fits which moment is the true poet's craft.
🧠 Memory hook
Combine every tool — count, imagery, cut, sound, revision — and match the form to the moment.
😂 Giggle
Why did the haiku feel like a photograph?
Because it captures one quiet moment in a few words!
😲 Whoa!
A single well-crafted haiku can stay with a reader for a lifetime — proof that small poems can carry huge feeling.
✅ Quick check: To write a strong nature haiku, name two techniques you'd combine.
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
Any two, e.g. a season word (kigo) + sensory imagery, shaped to 5-7-5.
The capstone synthesises multiple poetic techniques in one poem.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Write two short poems in two different forms (a haiku and a cinquain) about the same season.