Selected Haiku - Death, Love, and Kittens

Written By David Severson

Haiku is a short poem consisting of 3 lines. These lines alternate between 5 syllables, then 7, then 5. Traditional haiku typically contain some kind of seasonal reference or nature imagery. Impermanence and death are also often themes of haiku, so the form is often seen as heavily associated with Zen, although it is not exclusively a Zen literary form.

Below are some amateur, non-traditional haiku, written by the author of this blog.

Overgrown and old
A dead tree falling over
The river still runs

Still a youthful soul
Many friends have passed away
​Does beauty endure?

Many friends have left
Suicide their final choice
​Their lives left unseen

Call your mother more
Her love brought you this moment
​Don't forget her love

So young, the kitten
bounds back and fort, playing games
​everything a toy

A warped mind, twisted
into knots for another
Is it free or slave?

David Severson
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