Haiku
Haiku :
Haiku is a Japanese three-line poem, usually having 17 syllables and expresses a single thought. English imitations of the haiku are also very popular.
COBRA
His jewelled crown
and hypnotic sway enthral;
beware the lethal fangs.
NIGHT
Clouds appear
and bring to men a chance to rest
looking at the moon.
ALONE
Won’t you come and see
loneliness? Just one leaf
from the Kiri tree.
The word POETRY originates from a Greek word meaning TO MAKE. A poet is thus a maker and the poem something that is made or created. No single definition of poetry is possible but some characteristic features of poetry may be mentioned. Poetry has a musical quality with rhythm, pitch, metre and it may use figures of speech such as simile and metaphor. While quite a few poems in this selection are in traditional forms, the unit also includes modern poems that are free from formal restrictions.
