SPRING HAIKU
by Matsuo Bashō (1644-1694)
Spring!
A nameless hill
in the haze.
Photo: “Valley Hill Fog (Rivergaro, Italy)” by Maurizio Mori
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SPRING HAIKU
by Matsuo Bashō (1644-1694)
Spring, too, very soon!
They are setting the scene for it –
plum tree and moon.
Illustration: “Plum Tree and Moon” (Chinese ink/watercolor on xuan paper) by Lisa Chakrabarti, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
CHEESE HAIKI
by Deb Install
Please give me some cheese
Hard, soft, strong, weak — all are fine
Don’t forget the wine.
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WInter Haiku
by Matsuo Basho
On the polished surface
of the divine glass,
Chaste with flowers of snow.
Photo: Blue ice and snowflakes.
Haiku
by Madoka Mayuzumi
Wishing and wanting
to see you
I step on thin ice.
Photo: Marga van Hulzen
CLOUD HAIKU
by Matsuo Bashō (1644-1694)
The clouds come and go,
providing a rest for all
the moon viewers.
Photo: Elliot Severn, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
HAIKU
by Natsume Soseki
The crow has flown away;
swaying in the evening sun,
a leafless tree.
Photo: Dark Wing, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
THE MAPLE TREES
by Noin Hoshi
Mount Mimuro sends its winds
Down upon the maple trees
To carry off the colored leaves
And work crimson patterns
Upon the stream of Tatsuta.
Photo: Eshelton Wilder, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
AUTUMN HAIKU
by Matsuo Basho
a strange flower
for birds and butterfly
the autumn sky.
MORNING
by Matsuo Bashō (1644-1694)
I like to wash
the dust of this world
in the droplets of dew.
Photo: “Morning Dew” by Ashley Whitmoyer, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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