Poetry Friday: Haiku

My eldest child gave me a book of Japanese Haiku for Mother's Day (how well he knows me!) and I've been enjoying reading it.  Here are a few favorites so far:

On the surface

of petal-covered water--

frogs' eyes

-Füsei

Recited on and on,

the poems of the frogs

have too many syllables

-Eiji

Its face

looks like a horse--

the grasshopper

-Anonymous

Flower petals

set the mountain in motion--

cherry blossoms

-Höitsu

photo by O.L.K. (age 12)

The book is Haiku--an Anthology of Japanese Poems.

Poetry Friday is hosted today by Laura Salas at Writing the World for Kids.