Remember the syllables and the structure: 5 – 7 – 5. Haiku began in Japan as ‘hokku’ which were the opening stanzas to a longer poem called renku (or rengu). Around the 17th century ...

Advance Preparation: Instructors will need to collect 30 haiku that will interest ... you will miss the whole poem. Let the class know that it is okay to react. Laugh if it’s funny. Cry if it’s sad.