the stillness --
soaking into stones
cicada's cry
Translation from: Higginson, William J. 1985. The Haiku Handbook: How to Write, Share, and Teach Haiku. Tokyo: Kodansha Int. p. 11
“Cicada’s Cry” by Matsuo Bashō [w/ Audio]
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Category Archives: wildlife
Reptilian Investigations [Haiku]
rock agama pops
over the boulder's top:
sniffs & scurries.
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Trails [Kyōka]
wildlife trail:
a subtle part in the grass;
human trail:
a bald and dusty line..., but
a buck 'd be hell on your rug, too!
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Raptor Rides [Haiku]
raptor rides updrafts:
head & eye swivel-pivot;
all else, glides.
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Feeding Frenzy [Haiku]
frenzied pigeons:
a tight, geometric horde—
until food’s end.
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Lily Pad [Haiku]
lily pad sprawl:
herons march, beak-down,
on the shifting surface.
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Heron [Haiku]
a perched heron
watches ripples of its
last attempt fade.
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Roses & Weeds [Haiku]
roses in peak bloom,
but butterflies prefer
the weeds below.
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Urban Monkey [Haiku]
urban monkey stops
& turns on an urban vine --
nary a tremor.
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Ducks [Haiku]
as the pond duck
slips & glides through water,
the shore duck is still.
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