Here are my group's characteristics of a good haiku:

1. evokes emotion
2. involves most/all senses
3. one line with POW!! that delivers a punch
4. a line that makes you pause and stands apart (can go with number 3 also)
5. a subject in every line--mainly nouns and rarely verbs
6. leaves out the implied
7. seasonal hints
8. captures a moment
9. carefulness in word selection
10. if verb is used, it captures the mood

Lindsay for her group.

First, what it takes for a good Haiku:

-The beginning is a noun/a thing that . . .
  -that triggers the senses
  -indicates a season
  -sets the setting

-appropriate pause(s)

-narrows down per line

-two linking lines (usually the last two)

-like a painting of a moment, a scene
  -background, the base = first line
  -foreground = second line
  -a specific item in the foreground = third line, this usually is a very emphatic line

-haiku does not tell unnecessary info (things you can figure out by other words), only what the reader needs to know

-specific in word choice, but open for interpretation

Aubrie Cox for her group.

List of Haiku Characteristics

These are in no particular order....

- Starts by establishing a world that triggers many senses
-Doesn't tell you familiar things or the things that you assumed- tells you just enough
-Punctuation is carefully chosen- emphasizes a particular point, makes you think/focus OR used to re-direct thought and juxtapose two different ideas
- Two lines that flow together and then one line that give a "pow"
-Doesn't demand an exact reading, but rather leaves some openness for the reader to expand with their imagination
- Doesn't tell- SHOW!
- A hint of season
- Present tense- in the Now!

Kersten Haile for her group.