at water’s edge,
snakes wrestle: writhing, twining,
but slipping the pin.
Roughhousing Snakes [Haiku]
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Category Archives: haiku
Autumn Mind [Haiku]
paper lanterns
in the Daoist temple
turn my mind to Fall.
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Spring Dream [Haiku]
one pink-laden tree
stands amid a wall
of spring greenery.
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Buds & Blooms [Haiku]
Heron Perch [Haiku]
from still water
juts deadwood on which herons
perch with their shadows.
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Four Seasonal Haiku of Ryōkan [w/ Audio]
Spring
rainy days
make the monk Ryōkan
feel sad.
Summer
the moon in my window
is all the thief left behind.
Autumn
an autumn wind
chills the dangling persimmons,
and my testicles.
Winter
little birds have
gathered in the brushwood
on a snowy morn.
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Bristling [Haiku]
leaves have dropped;
reflected sun viewed twixt
bristled seedpod clusters.
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Red [Haiku]
the turning leaves
catch the morning sunlight
to show depths of red.
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Ripe Grass [Haiku]
heavy-headed grass sways:
the clockwork counting down
the days of Autumn.
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Duck Drift [Haiku]
ducks drift lazily
on water that sparkles
with winter sunlight.
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