POETRY - (Hay[na]ku) form Carousery, Caw Crow Calls 4 carol closets

Poetry form – Hay(na)ku

In a traditional Hay(na)ku, there are:

• A tercet: 3 lines.

• A total of 6 words: 1 in the first line, 2 in the second line, and 3 in the third line.

• There is no restriction on syllables or stressed or rhymes.

Variations:

• In the ‘reverse’ haynaku, the longest line is placed first and the shortest last. The total is still 6 words: 3 in the first line, 2 in the second line, and 1 in the third line.

• Multiple hay(na)ku can be chained to form a longer poem.

• See the anthology for more variations.