1. Haiku
Angie C. Anders
Southern University of Shreveport, LA.
World Literature
Instructor: Mr. Daryl Gates
hai·ku
(Noun) a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in
three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking
images of the natural world.

2. An old silent pond...
A frog jumps into the pond,
splash! Silence again.
Basho (1644-1694)
The valves of my heart
Wither with the falling leaves
Of a cold winter
Over the wintry
Angie Anders
forest, winds howl in rage
with no leaves to blow.
Soseki (1275-1351)
I am going
you're staying
two autumns for us.
No sky
no earth - but still
snowflakes fall.
Hasin
Shiki