Valentine's Day Haiku （俳句）Contest

Haiku is a style of lyric poetry borrowed from the Japanese that typically presents an intense emotion or vivid image of nature, which, traditionally, is designed to lead to a spiritual insight. An example of a classic haiku by Bashō is:
古池や蛙飛込む水の音　
Furu ike ya kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto
An old pond—
The sound of a frog jumping
into water

Today we had our Valentine's Day haiku contest. Since everyone did such a beautiful job, I thought I'd post them on our blog. So, take a look!

Bliss this Kiss

Your love is a bliss.

I've never been happier than this.

Can I have a kiss? -Ahmed

Darkened red roses.

Collapsing fallen petals.

Dead as love can get. -Ali

Propose

You are my sunshine

I cannot live without you

Would you marry me? -Ken

True Love

Some of you are wrong

Owen and Mezee will be

forever in love. -Sonia

Show me how you love

Show me how sweet you are

I could be yours, sure! -Nan

Once Again

I was determined

Not to fall in love again

But I'm loving you. -Jin

Through slander others

What I express myself is

Shallow behavior. -Jaesung

Love is like a rose

you have to take care of it

or it will dry out. -Luba

There's no more fixed rule.

The world is changing so fast.

I can change this world. -Bumyang

While taking a bath

Something flashed across my mind

Realize it's Valentine's Day -Kohei

Love is like the waves

hits the coast very strongly

and dies in the sand. -Fabiana

Message from Heaven

Love made me wonder

Should I bring her flowers

or milk chocolate. -Abdul

Feel free to blog more of your haikus here! And, if you're not quite ready to leave Valentine's Day behind, watch this CNN video about different people's first kisses.

http://www.cnn.com/video/player/player.html?url=/video/offbeat/2006/02/13/sot.first.kiss.cnn