What’s Your Color? What’s Your Line?
Write a haiku about a color in Cleve Gray: Man & Nature

Visitors to Cleve Gray: Man & Nature compose haikus inspired by Gray’s artwork.
Haikus are posted to the Museum’s Web site. Click here.

Haiku is a type of poetry from the Japanese culture. Haiku combines form, content and language in a meaningful, yet compact form. Many themes include nature, feelings, or experiences.

The most common form for Haiku is three short lines. A Haiku should "paint" a mental image in the reader's mind.

The first line contains five (5) syllables,
the second line seven (7) syllables,
and the third line contains five (5) syllables

Email your haiku to haiku@columbiamuseum.org or drop it off at the admission desk.