rice harvested;
the paddies are dry.
buffaloes graze.
Harvested [Haiku]
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Tag Archives: Fall
Clockweed [Haiku]
full bloom clockweed
is on the clock as autumn
ages to winter.
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Four Seasonal Haiku of Yosa Buson [w/ Audio]
SPRING*
The spring sea;
gently, quietly,
all day long.
SUMMER
what a joy!
wading through summer rivers,
sandals in hand.
AUTUMN
vacant teahouse,
atop the mountain:
a harvest moon.
WINTER
neighbors detest me
for my whistling kettle:
a cold winter night.
* Translation by: Wilson, William Scott. 2023. A Beginner’s Guide to Japanese Haiku. Tuttle Publishing: North Clarendon, VT.
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Heavy Rebel [Haiku]
autumn breezes
send dry leaves tumbling, but for
one heavy rebel.
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Four Haiku by Kobayashi Issa [w/ Audio]
muddy clogs
beside each gate;
Spring is here.
"don't swat!"
the fly rubs its hands,
then rubs its feet.
autumn rain,
a small sumo wrestler
pushes through.
sleeping in a row,
the Shinano mountains:
under snow blanket.
In Japanese:
門門の下駄の泥より春立ちぬ
やれ打つな蠅が手を摺り足をする
秋の雨小さき角力通りけり
寝ならぶやしなのの山も夜の雪
From: Wilson, William Scott. 2023. A Beginners Guide to Japanese Haiku. North Clarendon, VT: Tuttle Publishing, 224pp.
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Rhythm Counter [Haiku]
autumn grasses sway to a different rhythm than in summer's youth.
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Gray Skies [Haiku]
Two-Tier World [Haiku]
the foggy valley looks like a depthless painting through fall foliage.
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Autumn Rust [Haiku]
the year shows its age, a coating of rust flushes the hilltops.
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