Chen-ou Liu's Translation Project: First English-Chinese Haiku and Tanka Blog

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

A Haiku about Genghis Khan

grassy fields . . .
Genghis Khan rode his horse
over barren sands


World Kigo Database (Genghis Khan)

Note: The poem is inspired by an article entitled Genghis Khan: environmentalist?, in which the reporter states that "[Genghis Khan's] Mongol invasion was partly environmentally friendly, according to new research."