Haiku - At the Beach

I decided to try my hand at haiku since I have seen several that are doing this and I love to read these! This is my very first one, so if you see something that's not right, please feel free to give me some pointers on how to improve.

Anticipating beach and sun

Panoramic ocean views

Surfers catching waves

Expensive seaside resorts

Golden dunes

Umbrellas on the sand

Boat rentals, private tours

Snorkeling adventures

Glass bottom catamarans

Crabs and shells

Starfish and Urchins

Snorkeling the rocky coral reef

Summer fun

Soon to end

Clouds are moving in

Dark skies

Winds whipping, sails up

Ships heading for the pier

Sharks sighted

Dolphins too

Purple warning flag

Large waves

Stormy weather

Abandoned beaches

I don't know a whole lot about these, but have enjoyed the ones others have done so much that I finally had to try my own hand at this to see what I could come up with. One thing that all the Haiku's I have discovered and read on HubPages have had in common is they have at least one beautiful picture, and several have had more than one. The images are always spectacular and usually have something to do with nature, or life.

The written art of haiku originated in Japan, but there are now two forms of haiku, the American and the Japanese. Traditionally these poems consisted of seventeen syllables, in lines of five, seven, and five, but today they are not always restricted to this rule and often have less or more syllables than the usual seventeen. (Mine is not the traditional kind as I have not stuck to the rule of seventeen.) The Japanese haiku is usually structured in one vertical line, but the American style is typically done in three horizontal lines. These poems do not have to rhyme, and although they can if the author wants them to, most of the time they do not.

Haiku's use very few words to describe and create a lovely picture in your mind.