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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Flashy Lascar [Senryū]
tiny lascar,
sitting on a small leaf,
not blending -- at all.
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“I heard a Fly buzz – when I died” (591) by Emily Dickinson [w/ Audio]
I heard a Fly buzz - when I died -
The Stillness in the Room
Was like the Stillness in the Air -
Between the Heaves of Storm -
The Eyes around - had wrung them dry -
And Breaths were gathering firm
For that last Onset - when the King
Be witnessed - in the Room -
I willed my Keepsakes - Signed away
What portion of me be
Assignable - and then it was
There interposed a Fly -
With Blue - uncertain - stumbling Buzz -
Between the light - and me -
And then the Windows failed - and then
I could not see to see -
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Bee and Butterfly [Haiku]
bee & butterfly,
drawn to the same fragrant bloom,
work in harmony.
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Tattered Moth [Haiku]
a moth, wings tattered,
basks in the canopy-
breaching spotlight.
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Pollinator [Haiku]
the bee wallows
in pollen like a drunk
sprawls on a bar’s floor.
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Sanctum Discord [Haiku]
the inner sanctum:
an insect chirps ceaselessly,
but remains unseen.
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Mexican Sunflower [Haiku]
the sunflower
catches warm afternoon sun,
but bees aren’t impressed.
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Translucent [Haiku]
sunlight shines through the butterfly's wing: yet, it seems sluggish.
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Golden Yellow [Haiku]
lurch & stop: the bee moves erratically amid yellow blooms.
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