Haiku Prompt
Ripe Red Fruit
22 Jan 2020 Haiku/Tanka prompt “ripe”
2 min readJan 22, 2020
Ripe red fruit awaits
Outside the kitchen window
Succulent bounty
From a nutritional standpoint, tomatoes are vegetables. But scientifically speaking, they are fruits.
PROMPT: Write a haiku or tanka using the prompt word “ripe” (or a derivative).
About Haiku and Tanka
A haiku is a form of Japanese poetry totalling 17 syllables (in the English language) which are usually arranged in three lines of 5, 7, 5 syllables.
It often references the natural world and more modern forms of haiku can also reference human nature.
A tanka is composed of 31 syllables in five lines (5, 7, 5, 7, 7).
It can be written in a series addressing the same subject matter.
