The form of poetry called haiku is a three-line poem with a strict syllable structure. The first line is five syllables, the second line is seven, and the third line is five. I love haiku because it forces me to choose my words with great care. Haiku usually uses some aspect of nature as its topic. To play with it a bit, my prompt is to write a haiku that’s not based on nature. Here’s my inspiration:
The alarms erupts.
It’s still night, but I stagger
Into the school sprint.
JPC Allen
I’d love to read your inspiration for a haiku that’s not based on nature in the comments.
I haven’t had a poetry prompt in awhile, so here’s one for Christmas Haiku. My haiku has seventeen syllables but not in the correct lines. Instead of lines of five, seven, and five syllables, I have lines of five, six, and six syllables. But I thought the lines worked better than way.