One Hundred Great Books in Haiku by David Bader, extract
In the sixteenth century, Zen monks in Japan developed the haiku, an unrhymed poetic form consisting of 17 syllables arranged in three lines. Now, in One Hundred Great Books in Haiku, David Bader has applied this ancient poetic form to the classics. From Homer to Milton to Dostyevsky, the great books are finally within reach of even the shortest attention spans!
Extract
THE CANTERBURY TALES
Geoffrey Chaucer
Pilgrimmes on spryng braecke –
roadde trippe! Whoe farrtted? Yiuw didde. Noe, naught meae. Yaes, yiuw.
THE ILIAD
Homer
Sing, Goddess, of how
brooding Achilles' mood swings
caused him to act out.
OEDIPUS REX
Sophocles
Chorus: Poor bastard.
Oedipus: This is awful!
Blind Seer: Told you so.
REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST
Marcel Proust
Tea-soaked madeleine –
a childhood recalled. I had
brownies like that once.
PHAEDO
Plato
By Zeus, Socrates!
It seems you're right once again!
Time for your hemlock.
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