Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Haiku


snow melts
and the village floods
with children

Issa


the dawn of day -
on the tip of the barley leaf
the frost of spring

Onitsura


treading on the tail
of the copper pheasant
the setting sun of spring

Buson


in the shadow of the cherry blossom
complete strangers
there are none...

Issa


the sonbird's song -
it stops what I am doing
at the sink

Chigetsu


 summer grasses...
traces of dreams
of ancient warriors

Basho


the thief 
left it behind - 
the moon at the window.

Ryokan

 
late autumn -
a single chair  waiting
for someone yet to come

Arima Akito


grasshopper -
do not trample to pieces
the pearls of bright dew

Issa


how piteous!
beneath the helmet
chirps a cricket

Basho


plumes of pampas grass -
the helpless tremblings
of a lonely heart

Issa 


the first dream of the year - 
I kept it a secret
and smiled to myself

Sho-u

(painting by Trinifellah)

1 comment:

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