hibiscus flowers
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Hot Springs [Haiku]
cool winter day:
clouds form thickly over
the hot springs.
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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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Barren Hill [Haiku]
the trees are bare;
winter winds picked them clean.
a bird lands, chirps, & flees.
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DAILY PHOTO: Light & Shadow on a Midwinter Afternoon
River Snow by Liu Zongyuan [w/ Audio]
From one thousand mountains, birds have vanished.
Over ten-thousand paths, not one footprint.
A lone boat, an old man in coarse cloak and hat:
Just he, fishing in the cold, river snow.
Original Chinese:
千山鳥飛絕
萬徑人蹤滅
孤舟蓑笠翁
獨釣寒江雪
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Waking to Snow [Haiku]
first snowy morn. the only signs of life: plodding footprints.
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Depreciation [Tanka]
in the morning, a fresh blanket of snow makes the world look new. by day's end, it's well-trodden: a car driven off the lot.
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DAILY PHOTO: Sümeg Castle in Winter from a Distance
Frost Spiral [Haiku]
grape tendrils encased in crystalline frost. blows into cupped palms.
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