International Haiku Day, Sat., Apr. 17, 2021: Reflections by Penn faculty and undergraduates
Faculty
"Moon Shining Brightly: An Early spring haiku" by Professor Victor Mair, East Asian Languages and Civilizations
This morning at five
Startled awake by the moon
Shining in my eyes
"Summer Run" Tomoko Takami, Director of Penn Modern Japanese Language Program
息切れの ３K-ランや 夏の朝
Out of breath
3K run
Summer morning
Students of JPAN 212
The following haiku were composed in JPAN 212 and chosen by classmates as the best poems for spring 2021. Congratulations poets!
Yoonsae Kim
夜の川 時間が凍る 静かさだ
The silence
Ceases the time
Of the river at night
Louis Hoffman
緑世界 不安を忘れる 山の上
A green world
I forget my worries
On the mountaintop
Angela Estell
ひまわりや 太陽の色 風と踊る
Field of sunflowers
The color of the sunlight
Dancing with the wind
Alexander Kalbach
秋風に 日は森に会う 動かない
In the autumn wind
The sun meets the forest
And all is still