Short and sweet (well, maybe): Haiku

According to Poets.org, the official definition of a haiku is: "A traditional Japanese haiku is a three-line poem with seventeen syllables, written in a 5/7/5 syllable count. Often focusing on images from nature, haiku emphasizes simplicity, intensity, and directness of expression."  This structure of 5/7/5 has been played with by modern poets, but the philosophy often remains the same.   Here are two examples I found of haikus, which I think evoke some clear images:
 

By David Lloyd:

Wild rose bending –
And bending even more
With the bee’s weight

By Anita Virgil:

Darkening
the cat’s eyes:
a small chirp.

You can find these and many more haiku in The Haiku Anthology (811.54), and in other books in our library.