Haiku and Tanka

Haiku and Tanka were used during the Japanese internment of WWII as a form of coded love letter from spouse to another.

Haiku & Tanka

By: Elizabeth Watkins

Getting soaked by rain

When it’s raining I feel wild, free

It’s better with you

Running in the field

Seeing the flowers blooming

The wind is blowing

Looking up at the blue sky

Hoping summer will not end

Haikus

By: Sam Mitchell

We laugh and we play

No matter what they say

You made my heart one

Friends are treasure

You keep them by your side

As we pass through time

Haiku & Tanka

By: Sam Armstrong

He watches me sleep

Sitting outside my window

Electrifying

Staring through the soul

Looking past the bed side guard

I see her sleeping

My motion sets off the lights

My bedside guard is staring

Haiku & Tanka

By: Miya Johnson

Leaves fall gracefully

Into a large pit of flames

They shed tears and shriek

They burn and dissipate

But the sun will shine again

Till they once regain

The bonds secured by hardships

I am stuck but I am free

Haiku & Tanka

By: Taylor Smith

Beautiful I see

The trees whisper in your car

All I see I love

You are beautiful

While the air travels to you

Why are we split up

Our love is like two cardinals

A bird’s chirp is like our love

Here the sound and believe me

Haiku & Tanka

By: Strawberry Ray

The summer is great,

Have fun in the beach water

The sun is so hot

Winter is so cold

Most people don’t like winter

The sun is so fun

It’s too cold in the winter

Why do people like winter?

Haiku & Tanka

By: Serinity Buchanan

The Unknown

I have been locked up

I should not have been locked up

I did not kill her

Do not be afraid

There is a way to get out

Jump out of the car

Don’t ever turn or look back

Sun shall wake and I’ll be there