National Haiku Poetry Day

When Celebrated

Always on the Winter Solstice

Gifty-ness

About the Holiday

National Haiku Poetry Day celebrates haiku, a form of Japanese poetry that is a non-rhymed verse genre that consist of 3 lines. The first and last lines of a Haiku have 5 syllables and the middle line has 7 syllables. Many schools and libraries will be celebrating this form of poetry today, this is a great opportunity to learn more about this unique form of poetry.

An old silent pond...

A frog jumps into the pond,

splash! Silence again.

- Matsuo Basho

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