wet yellow leaves
stick to the sidewalk
after Autumn rain.
Autumn Rain [Haiku]
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“Spring Rise” by Fan Chengda [w/ Audio]
In Spring, the waters rise --
Shore grass sways with breezes,
And geese drift right beside;
Boats glide as the stream pleases.
Yon pagoda looks far,
but feels quite close.
Streamside, one feels a chill.
Fields have yet to be plowed --
Not while the torrents spill.
Mulberry limbs are bowed.
Soon we'll have a taste,
and harvest cocoons.
NOTE: The title of this poem is 蝶 戀 花. Xu Yuanchong uses the quite literal “Butterflies in Love with Flowers” as his translated title. I chose differently because a wet Spring is the throughline of the poem and, well, there are no explicit butterflies (or flowers) in the poem [only their potential.] Of course, maybe that’s exactly why the original is a great title.
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Happy Fungi [Haiku]
the forest floor
is damp and dark, and
mushrooms are happy.
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Green Growth [Haiku]
spring rains green
the fort's horizonal and
its vertical.
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Rainy Day Raft [Haiku]
a tiny frog
on a rain-soaked leaf,
washed away, leaf-n-all.
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Rain Slick [Haiku]
the autumn rains have wetted the pavement for days on end.
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Lake Waves [Haiku]
lake waves break ashore unpredictably, catching hapless strollers.
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