Category Archives: haiku

Slim Pickings [Haiku]

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buffalo grazes
 on stalk stubble
  after harvest.

Lifelike? [Senryū]

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lifelike bird sculpture
 doesn’t fool the insect
  that lands on its beak.

Conversation [Senryū]

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two wading birds
 face each other so that
  their reflections can chat.

Oblivious [Haiku]

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crows turn to threat:
 while pigeons remain
  oblivious.

Blossom Drop [Haiku]

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blossom drops,
 fluttering slantwise
  into still water.

The River [Haiku]

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early Spring:
 trees still bare;
  river low & slow.

Poppy [Haiku]

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cliffside poppy:
 bee shakily alights
  in a mountain breeze.

Post-Harvest Mars [Haiku]

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hazy valley:
 stubble fire smoke glows like
  a Martian landscape.

Golden Hour [Haiku]

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sunup hour:
 yellow blossoms turn gold;
  one flutters to earth.

Autumn Night [Haiku]

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dry leaves skitter
 past the temple censer,
  colored by lantern.