World Literature

Instructor: Mr. Daryl Gates

Southern University of Shreveport, LA.

Angie C. Anders

Haiku

hai·ku

(Noun) a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in

three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking

images of the natural world.

An old silent pond...

A frog jumps into the pond,

splash! Silence again.

Basho (1644-1694)

Over the wintry

forest, winds howl in rage

with no leaves to blow.

Soseki (1275-1351)

No sky

no earth - but still

snowflakes fall.

Hasin

The valves of my heart

Wither with the falling leaves

Of a cold winter

Angie Anders

I am going

you're staying

two autumns for us.

Shiki