Jaywalking on the Skyline A Collection of Urban Haiku and Proverbs

Haiku is a short form of poetry characterized by a stanza of three lines in a 5-7-5 syllable structure, and is traditionally associated with the seasons. A proverb is a simple and succinct teaching that conveys a social truth often metaphorical in nature. This pocketbook contains 300 haiku and proverbs that attempt to embody urban life, with poems on innercity culture, wildlife, love and hip-hop.