Some of these are quite ancient...going back to early Dynasties. One of my favorites is by the master Basho, who uses a Zen feeling in some of his works: "Sun melts snow With my stick I guide This great and dangerous river" This refers to a little boy creating a riverbed in the snow with his stick. Hal
We had to write a haiku in some high school class. As I remember it, mine went something like this. Roses are yellow Violets are not yellow But who really cares? I don't think I got an A.
I prefer my poems to rhyme, like a sappy country song. The picture in my head of this little boy realizing what one person can accomplish makes it a very wonderful story though.
Not all. Your haiku would have probably garnered an A, whereas mine was a few letters past that. In fact, I had to write a more serious one but I don't remember that one.
Haiku poetry always leaves me feeling like something is missing. "Haiku by dog" above (#11) is an exception. Dogs rule.
行春や 鳥啼き魚の 目は泪 Yuku haru ya/ Tori naki uwo no/ Me ha namida Spring is passing. The birds cry, and the fishes fill With tears on their eyes.