Add your haiku to the Creative Arts Kiosk in celebration of National Poetry Month

Add your haiku to the Creative Arts Kiosk in celebration of National Poetry Month

A poster with pink background color and six green flower shapes with text inside. In the center of the page are the words, "Did you know that Haiku ..." Within each green flower shape, starting with the top center and moving clockwise, are the texts that complete the sentence as follows: Is a traditional Japanese poetic form; are unrhymed & written in three lines of 5/7/5 syllables; focus on a brief moment in time; focus on provocative, colorful images from nature; end on a sense of sudden enlightenment, and began in the 13th Century and was popularized in the U.S. in the early 1900s?April is National Poetry Month, and Thursday, April 17 is National Haiku Poetry Day!

To celebrate, come and “Complete the Haiku” at the Write Something! desk at the Detroit Mercy Creative Arts Kiosk, which is located between the Briggs and Commerce & Finance buildings.

This opportunity to fill in the blanks of a famous haiku will be available Monday, April 14 through Thursday, April 17.

The haiku is a traditional Japanese poem written in three unrhymed lines of five/seven/five syllables, which focuses on a brief moment in time with provocative, colorful images from nature and ends on a sense of sudden enlightenment.

All are welcome to take a moment and stop by the desk to observe National Poetry Month with this fun activity!