7/17/20

Human's Tribune

Volume 3

Issue 17

Friday, July 17, 2020

Classic Issue:Famous Haikus

By Ember Hernandez

“The Old Pond” by Matsuo Bashō

An old silent pond

A frog jumps into the pond—

Splash! Silence again.


Sonia Sanchez “Haiku [for you]”

love between us is

speech and breath. loving you is

a long river running.


Ravi Shankar “Lines on a Skull”

life’s little, our heads

sad. Redeemed and wasting clay

this chance. Be of use.


“Over the Wintry” by Natsume Sōseki

Over the wintry

Forest, winds howl in rage

With no leaves to blow.

“A Poppy Blooms” by Katsushika Hokusai

I write, erase, rewrite

Erase again, and then

A poppy blooms.

Things Everyone Deserves

By Ember Hernandez

A window that has a bench to read by, and to marvel at thunderstorms.

Something to help me sleep better.

The power to sing to change lives.

A smile for every time I don’t feel like smiling.

A secret garden full of soft flowers and monarch butterflies, with a bench swing and soft pillows.

A guitar that sings the truth.

A sleeping mask with good dreams inside.

A Frenchie.

Money that multiplies, so I can give people money who need it.

Happy tears.

A mirror that shows others.

Lost medieval paintings.

And a cozy house to live in.

Valjean's Dilemma

By Antoinette Durand

The character Jean Valjean in the book Les Miserables went to prison for stealing. He later broke parole to restart his life. In his new life, you became mayor of Paris and donated a large sum of money to the city's poor. Years later, a man is misidentified as Valjean and will be sentenced to life in prison unless the real Valjean comes forward and gives his true identity. Why should he stand up for this unfortunate stranger? At the same time, how can he let him serve time in prison in this place? Should he continue to make money and give it to the needy or save the man from wrongfully going to prison? Comment below on what you'd do.