I'm looking for a basic guideline for making a Haiku since I had a go but it doesn't seem right to me.
Three lines, 5, 7, 5 syllables (total of 17), unrhyming. Here's one I wrote in Grade 12. Not super awesome, but its an example: Dawn at Sea The crisp morning light Clashing with the salty breeze Colours all array
Thanks, heres the one I attempted A light from the moon A wolf would sit upon the mountain The sound of a howl I don't think I got the context right
You did it wrong. It's syllabals, not words. Here is a more Haikuish version I came up with of yours. A light from the moon A wolf sits on the mountain Sounds of a howl As you can see, I just changed it a little to give it the 5, 7, 5 syllabal count.
An example of a haiku would be Lamenting phoenix of incarnadine color sings woes mixed with joys. It has to be 5, 7, 5 syllable wise. "La-ment-ing-phoe-nix" Is five syllables, for line one. "Of-in-car-na-ding-co-lor" is seven syllables, for line two. "Sings-woes-mixed-with-joys" is five syllables once again for the last line. There are always three lines in a haiku. No more, no less. The structure of 5/7/5 never changes as well. What you want to do is do the best word combination possible and sound poetic. "Incarnadine" is another word for red. It fits well in there. If it was red, for one, it would not have enough syllables. Red would be stuck in there like "With feathers colored bright red" or something, which still works and sounds poetic, but does it really fit? That's for you to decide. Personally, I think it would fit finely, but I prefer incarnadine color.
I was just using his own creation as an example. If I offended him, I appologize, it wasn't my intent. It was just an example.
