ludmila´s corner

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)