the flowers hide
in tall grass & sedges,
but bees still find them.
Camo Fail [Senryū]
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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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The Thistle’s Moment [Haiku]
in late summer,
thistles flower brightly --
then fluff & cede to wind.
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Darkly Still [Haiku]
early morning:
it's still dark & darkly still.
one boat floats through.
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Barren Hill [Haiku]
the trees are bare;
winter winds picked them clean.
a bird lands, chirps, & flees.
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