Category Archives: haiku

Hilltop Temple [Haiku]

Posted on January 27, 2025 by B Gourley

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hilltop temple
 comes into view
  to a crow CAW!

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Coiled [Haiku]

Posted on January 26, 2025 by B Gourley

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neck coiled,
 egret hovers stock still
  to snap up a fish.

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Silent Autumn [Haiku]

Posted on January 25, 2025 by B Gourley

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cows graze
 amid rice stalks --
  silently.

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Foggy Morning [Senryū]

Posted on January 23, 2025 by B Gourley

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foggy morning:
 a figure approaches...
  nope, just a shrub!

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One-Way [Haiku]

Posted on January 23, 2025 by B Gourley

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a boat chugs
 up the river:
  never to return.

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Worldly Concerns [Kyōka]

Posted on January 22, 2025 by B Gourley

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Buddha's lap,
 a pigeon lands: 
  a monk shoos
 the bird away,
 but Buddha didn't mind.

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River Drift [Haiku]

Posted on January 21, 2025 by B Gourley

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shapes shift on
 metal waters until
  darkness wins.

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Winter Rooster [Senryū]

Posted on January 20, 2025 by B Gourley

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winter morn:
 rooster starts crowing 
  way too early.

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Death Denied [Haiku]

Posted on January 19, 2025 by B Gourley

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a dead tree
 swallowed by creepers
  greens from base up.

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The Avian Unseen [Haiku]

Posted on January 18, 2025 by B Gourley

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sunup:
 roosters crow, birds chirp -
  all unseen.

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