Haikus in English

Haikus in English

Some weeks ago, I was reading about Haikus and I also noticed there were some people blogging their haikus in English, so, I thought I could use this with my students.

In a nutshell, a haiku is a traditional Japanese poem which consists of three lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. For more info check:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku

I thought this task was easy enough so it could be done, and difficult enough to be a challenge. But to tell you the truth, I think it was simply absurd enough so it might work.

Please, bear in mind that these are students of English as a secondary language, they’re 14-15 years old, and there are a few “poetic licenses”, so don’t expect fine literature, whatever that is. This is our first batch of Haikus; more coming soon...

Blitzkrieg Art !!!

He daydreams about you.

The sweet liberty of love,

What a crazy world.

Look towards the sky.

Don't sleep, just watch the world,

Counting the stars

How nice is music,

The bird’s singing as it flies.

Singer, don’t lament

Mª Carmen Martín Maya

The horse is hungry,

The mouse eats cheese in the house,

And the tiger’s playing.

The beautiful dog,

The cat is drinking water,

In the parking lot.

Alejandro Gómez Rodríguez

The white rabbit jumps,

And the eagle’s eating it,

Where is the rabbit?

Some prawns in the sea,

A bout craps oil in the sea.

These are angry prawns

The lion’s sleeping

The lioness’ s looking for food

We’re not that different

Alejandra Ponce Ruíz

The bee doesn’t flutter,

Flowers won’t grow anymore,

The world against time.

Crisis never stops,

Politicians are all rich.

We are in trouble.

Silvia Colazo Vaz

The horse eats some grass,

The dog walks around the farm,

We are all busy.

The country is calm,

The man is hunting rabbits.

His dog is happy.

Samuel Perera Alfonso