I'm teaching a three day lesson on haikus this week. This is GREAT (I can't wait to workshop with my 3rd and 4th grade students!), except that I'm not exactly a haiku master myself, and I'm expected to model the form for my students. Their poems will have to answer the questions of where, what and when, so I did my best to follow the student format, without making it seem too restrictive. I obviously modeled a loose interpretation of "where" (in the rain), for instance.
The falling raindrops
reflect the approaching ground,
before they shatter.
reflect the approaching ground,
before they shatter.
