Hey Shortstorians,
To celebrate our collaboration with @Poetry in bringing you the greatest contest on Wattpad, The Shortys, here are some Haikus to help get those creative juices flowing.
"The light of a candle" by Yosa Buson
The light of a candle
Is transferred to another candle —
spring twilight.
"Haiku Ambulance" by Richard Brautigan
A piece of green pepper
Fell
off the wooden salad bowl:
so what?
"A Poppy Blooms" by Katsushika Hokusai
I write, erase, rewrite
Erase again, and then
A poppy blooms.
"In the moonlight" by Yosa Buson
In pale moonlight
the wisteria's scent
comes from far away.
"The earth shakes" by Steve Sanfield
The earth shakes
just enough
to remind us.
"O snail" by Kobayashi Issa
O snail
Climb Mount Fuji,
But slowly, slowly!
"I want to sleep" by Masaoka Shiki
I want to sleep
Swat the flies
Softly, please.
"JANUARY" by Paul Holmes
Delightful display
Snowdrops bow their pure white heads
To the sun's glory.
"After Killing a Spider" by Masaoka Shiki
After killing
a spider, how lonely I feel
in the cold of night!
"[Just friends:]" by Alexis Rotella
Just friends:
he watches my gauze dress
blowing on the line.
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