A+Taste+of+Japan+-+Haiku

We wrote haiku poems to accompany our paintings. We tried to capture the feel and mood of spring.

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Here are some examples...

 * [[image:haiku.jpg width="100" height="105"]] ||  || ====This snowy morning====

//-by// //Basho//
||  || ====The wintry wind blows====

- //by Basho//
||  || ====With plum blossom scent,====

//-Basho//
||  || ====Overhanging pine...====

//- Basho//
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The great Japanese writer **Matsuo** **Basho** grew tired on this game. He felt that the first 3 lines could stand alone - and Haiku was born.

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The great Japanese writer, Basho (1644-94) by Hokusai.
|| || =Haiku Poems....= .

Here's an example...
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Click **[|here]** to read Basho's poems.
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We also practised our calligraphy with kanji for the seasons....

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Haru - Spring
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Natsu - Summer
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Aki - Autumn
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Fuyu - Winter
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Source:http://japanese.about.com
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Others of us decided just to choose words which we felt captured the feel of Spring. Our trees reminded us a little of ikebana....

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Now we have to assemble our work into a beautiful book to give to Motoko-san next week...

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