how to compose a classical haiku

How to compose classical haiku

Here at Pure Haiku I only publish classical haiku in the English language which are constructed in the strict syllabic structure of 5-7-5.
First line = 5 syllables
Second line = 7 syllables
Third line = 5 syllables

Here is an example: –

The cool night frost melts
with the warm breath of bird song.
Winter dawn chorus.

Line 1 the (1) cool (1) night (1) frost (1) melts (1) = 5 syllables
Line 2 with (1) the (1) warm (1) breath (1) of (1) bird (1) song (1) = 7 syllables
Line 3 Winter (2) dawn (1) chorus (2) = 5 syllables

Here some more examples of haiku that I like to publish on this site: –

Raindrop crystal ball
hangs on the curved petal’s rim
mirrors summers past.

Teeth grow and hair sprouts
Muscles strengthen, Sinew twists
Man is wolf again.

supine astronaut
white rock forever preserved
moondust covers corpse

not a breath of wind
the world waits on tenterhooks
until the song ends

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2 Responses to how to compose a classical haiku

Sigrun says:

1 July, 2016 at 9:17 am

I love the D.B. Mauldin haiku, which to me seem both very strict composition-wise, but sort of thematically transgressive.

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- purehaiku says:
  
  1 July, 2016 at 1:59 pm
  
  thank you for reading, Sigrun!
  
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