Responding to Your Community Through Haiku

Prompts to Get You Started on Haiku

Here are some prompts to get you started on your haiku...

1. write a haiku on the sidewalk in chalk
2. write a haiku on something and hang it in a tree
3. write a haiku on a napkin leave it for a waiter or waitress
4. write a haiku and place it in a book in a library
5. attach a haiku (each line separate) to a fan
6. write a lost pet haiku and put it on a telephone pole
7. make a haiku into a sticker
8. 
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   write a haiku postcard
9. start a haiku chain e-mail
10. tie a haiku to a balloon and let it go
11. write a haiku about your mom
12. write a recipe haiku
13. write a haiku in sand on a beach
14. write a haiku on a paper bag
15. write a haiku about Mt. Rainier
16. write a haiku about clouds
17. write a haiku about someone on the bus
18. write a haiku about the traffic you are passing
19. write a haiku using the words the signs on the route
20. write a haiku in the time it takes between your stop and the next stop
21. write a haiku about your favorite tree on your route
22. write a haiku about one of your grandparents
23. write a haiku about something that used to be on the light rail route and is not anymore
24. 
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    write a haiku in another language
25. write a haiku with using rebuses
26. write a haiku and send it to your congressman
27. write a haiku about how your ancestors got here
28. write a haiku about your shoes
29. write a haiku about your favorite food
30. write a haiku about your first kiss
31. write a haiku about a broken heart
32. create a photo haiku with your cell phone
33. send a haiku as a text message to someone you love
34. put a haiku in a bottle and drop it in the ocean
35. write a haiku using the titles from your three favorite songs
36. "find" a haiku in a sentence from a magazine
37. write a haiku on the steamed up window in the bus on a rainy day
38. write a haiku about a pet that died
39. write a haiku about something you failed at
40. write a haiku about a misunderstanding
41. write a haiku about a smell on the train
42. write a haiku about the light as it passes through bus windows
43. write a haiku about the trash on the street
44. write a haiku about the dream you had last night
45. write a haiku about how you feel about the rain
46. write a haiku about Seattle in the summertime
47. 
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    write a haiku about being a superhero
48. write a haiku about being lost
49. write a haiku about your hands
50. write a haiku about blackberries
51. write a haiku about traffic
52. write a haiku about the neighborhood you are coming from
53. write a haiku about the neighborhood you are going to
54. write a haiku about what you see in a passing car or passing train
55. write a haiku and give it to your favorite train driver
56. write a haiku about revolution
57. write a haiku about the money you have in your pocket right now
58. write a haiku about Martin Luther King
59. write a haiku about the end of the line
60. write a haiku about being the last person on the train

Submit your haiku, or a photograph of where you place your haiku, to the Sound Transit website! .

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