<p>Folks, we all ought calm our nerves by writing some Japanese Death Haiku (indeed, getting rejected from Yale could kind of be considered a death....no, not really at all). Here's some to get us started:</p>
<p>Arimaru
Running shallow<br>
with a year's end sound:<br>
river rapids. </p>
<p>Asei
Flowers of the grass:<br>
scarcely shown, and withered<br>
name and all. </p>
<p>Atsujin
Earth and metal...<br>
although my breathing ceases<br>
time and tide go on. </p>
<p>Baiko
Plum petals falling<br>
I look up...the sky,<br>
a clear crisp moon. </p>
<p>Baisei
Island of Eternity:
a turtle dries its shell out<br>
in the rays of a new sun. </p>
<p>Banzan
Farewell...<br>
I pass as all things do<br>
dew on the grass. </p>
<p>Basho
On a journey, ill:<br>
my dream goes wandering<br>
over withered fields.</p>