white pillars, once trees,
stand above the water:
record of what was.
Sunken Forest [Haiku]
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Cormorant Stitching [Haiku]
a cormorant weaves
into and over water:
no trace but ripples.
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River Ripples [Haiku]
ripples march
across the glassy river --
faced by a reed phalanx.
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Camo Fail [Senryū]
the flowers hide
in tall grass & sedges,
but bees still find them.
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Tree Snake [Senryū]
Cormorant Flotilla [Haiku]
cormorant heads
drift over the water:
fishing in formation.
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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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Banyan Columns [Haiku]
banyan roots
form cathedral columns
for the inner sanctum.
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Tree Weave [Haiku]
Willow Watching [Haiku]
riverside willows
viewed through the reeds --
voyeuristically.
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