Haiku
Haiku poetry has three lines with a total of 17 syllables. Its subject
matter is usually something about nature. The syllables are arranged in the
pattern:
- 5 syllables
7 syllables
5 syllables
Beautiful sunrise Clouds gather Everything as it should be Or is it? —Susan Ode Local governments Temperatures rising Ultraviolet Next generation We can fix climate Make them save climate Have you been inside To live is to breathe Sure I like the sun |
Sox, Nox, CO2 Methane, ozone, CO2 - trapped in atmosphere —Susan Ode Methane, CO2 Hummers guzzle oil Carbon counting makes Cheney edits Whitman Let me hear you say Park car turn lights out Cars drive smokestacks belch Lungs expand and fill CO2 haiku |
Ode to a Bike Carbon dioxide hurts Bike riding help human hearts Get on yer bike now! -Jake Mackenzie, 9/23/03 |
Those who live in a Greenhouse can’t afford to breathe out Lots of hot air —Catherine Sharp, 9/23/03 |
Hot or not you got To know to slow the flow of Air, Earth‚s CO2 —Catherine Sharp, 9/23/03 |
Tiny molecules Add up to make a very Big heavy problem —Dave Erickson, 9/23/03 |
Pay tertiary? Graton flushes to redwoods Secondary saves —Merrilyn Joyce, 9/23/03 |
Design with nature Remember biogases Cows, worms, redwood trees —Merrilyn Joyce, 9/23/03 |
Can’t see climate change! Savin’money costs too much! Kelley warns, we warm —Merrilyn Joyce, 9/23/03 |
Reduce by one fifth First step to protect climate Together no sweat —Merrilyn Joyce, 9/23/03 |
When we understand That we each make a difference We help change the world —Anonymous, 9/23/03 |
Saving gasoline When we learn easy ways to Become effortless —Anonymous, 9/23/03 |
Where are the glaciers? They disappeared yesterday A lack of forethought —Brad Shirhall, Sacramento 2/12/04 |
A planner’s brain can’t help but think about forethought and missing glaciers —Ann Hancock 2/12/04 |
Keep our planet safe Solar electricity The sun is the way. —Melissa Berman, age 11, 6/19/04 |
Bad, bad CO2 The Day After Tomorrow Could happen to you. —Melissa Berman, age 11, 6/19/04 |
Climate change’snt news Kelley says not to worry Damn! our press melted —Dawn Pillsbury, 6/19/04 |
Roses are red Violets are blue CO2 is a gas But I can’t do haiku. —Brian Hines, 6/19/04 |
Animals and trees Flowers in the sky Put them in the greenhouse. —Felicia Abramson, age 5, 6/19/04 |
Global warming sucks You drive SUVs and trucks Time to stop you schmucks. —Arun Rao, 6/19/04 |
Do we grow gills, wings? Global warming exists surely Adapt we must or. —Arun Rao, 6/19/04 |
Love is everything You do give so much to me I love you always. —Louise Espinoza, 6/19/04 |
The Earth our mother She feeds and nourishes us Let’s take care of her. —Nina Bindi, 6/19/04 |
As I look at trees I thank the sky for the air As my breath leaves me. —Shirley Johnson, 6/19/04 |
See the sky pure Poisons hidden deep inside Let’s rid ourselves now. —Rosa Landeros, 6/19/04 |
Solar wind hydro Merry rainbow whirl Sunflower smiling all day Solar wind each play. —Mary Culberson, 6/19/04 |
Earth feels round blue green Put it in a jar, seal it Keep it dear, preserve. —Emily Heil, age 3 (with Abi Muthu), 6/19/04 |
Today’s hot facts hurt The future has a fever Shut down now and chill. —Ann Hancock, 6/19/04 |
A frog in water Doesn’t feel it boil in time. Dude, we are that frog. —Haiku Hullabaloo winner, Grist Magazine, July 2004 |
CO2OC 2CCO2Cwe OCCO2 —Otis Holt 9/28/04 |
Floating motionless In the gently soothing eye Of my own fierce storm. —Otis Holt, 6/15/05 |