DIY Haiku Books

By: Kristy Juarez, Toro Lightning and Francisco Ortiz

The juniors and seniors of Creative Writing have come together and created a project: a collaborative book of haiku inspired by the great Japanese homeless poet Basho who is known for writing the most famous 17th-century haiku in the world, The Old Pond.

The old pond-

a frog jumps in,

sound of water.

Here are some of our favorite poems though it was difficult to choose! This one is called Wonder by Francisco Ortiz.

The leaves of Autumn

Left swaying along old trees

During calm light breeze

I’d want to be one

Wouldn’t worry being done

Relax under sun

Stay with family tree

Friends rooted with the same glee

No danger to leave

And Sweetly Stupid by Kristy Juarez:

O dear Sweet Cupid,

As loving as you can be

You’re so cruel to me

Scripting me to needs

Quite impossible to me

What am I to do,

Other than sit back

And try to suppress the urge

To take back what’s mine

As well as this fun one Taco Tuesday by Toro Lightning.

This awesome Tuesday

Celebrated only one way

With tons of tacos!

Sariah Lee reflects “Making the haiku books was very fun and we had full creativity over what and how we wanted to make our books.”

On the week of Halloween, Creative Writing will host a haiku writing event.

Stop by room 405 to see the books on display and to collect your prize: a lollipop!