Harry Potter Haiku« Back to List of Games

Keep your guests entertained by having them make up and/or listen to Harry Potter Haiku

Materials:

pen/quill
paper/parchment

Instructions:

Haiku are brief poems of seventeen syllables, usually with five each in the first and last lines, and seven in the middle:

from all directions
winds bring petals of cherry
into the bird lake
—Basho

Jo Rowling's books provide many great examples for inspiration in this ancient Asian form of poetry:

Flint with the Quaffle—
passes Spinnet— passes Bell—
hit hard in the face

For more examples (and seven pages of archives!) please visit http://www.factmonster.com/spot/haikuharry.html