2665

down the old well frogs
drop
each one a haiku

April 16, 2022 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: frogs, haiku, senryu, VIVpoem 6 Comments

2554

splash!
frog becomes water
water becomes frog

-from Failed Haiku, October 2018,
edited by Michael Rehling

September 23, 2019September 23, 2019 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: frogs, haiku, senryu

2154

in a splash
frog becomes water
water becomes frog

-from Failed Haiku, October 2018,
edited by Michael Rehling

Click to access FailedHaikuIssue34.pdf

October 22, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: frogs, haiku, senryu, summer 1 Comment

2137

wife returns from trip
I should be home sweeping
not visiting ponds

October 8, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: family, frogs, haiku, senryu 1 Comment

1952

the pond’s frog hobbles
to social security
jumping days are done

June 1, 2018June 1, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: Basho, frogs, haiku, senryu, spring 1 Comment

1608🐸

frog jumps in the pond
frog becomes the water
water becomes the frog

January 27, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: Basho, frogs, haiku, senryu, water

1593

summer day— splashes
about in a rice paddy
basho is the frog

🐸

January 25, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senyruTags: Basho, frogs, haiku, senryu, summer

693

frogs ask why
I hang around their pond
getting splashed

 

April 11, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, poem, poems, poetry, senryuTags: Basho, frogs, haiku, pond, senryu 3 Comments

571/R

alas, unemployed;
frogs splash in a pond
ah, but overjoyed!

六十六 (Revised)

February 21, 2016February 24, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, poem, poems, poetry, SenryuTags: Basho, frogs, haiku, pond, senryu, unemployment 1 Comment

528/s

bull frogs unperturbed
a bottle swigging poet
plunges in their pond

六十六

January 27, 2016February 1, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, haiku, Japan, poem, poems, poetry, Rokuju Roku, Senryu, SpringTags: alcohol, Basho, frog, frogs, haiku, pond, senryu 1 Comment

429

frogs and dragonflies
left no forwarding address
took the creek with them

October 23, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, drought, environment, Fall, haiku, Northern California, poem, poems, poetry, senyru, summer, WildlifeTags: dragonflies, drought, frogs, haiku, nature 2 Comments

Bullfrog 4/26/15

eyes shut to beauty

in a sea of bright lotus

bullfrog sings the blues

April 26, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Buddhism SGI, haiku, Nichiren, Philosophy, poetry, SpringTags: bullfrogs, frogs, haiku, sgi-USA

Kermit

frog crossing the road

sixteen wheeler coming down

what would Basho say?

March 14, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, Japan, SenryuTags: frogs, haiku, senryu

Resume Haiku

Underemployed,
Watching a frog splash around
And overjoyed!

January 31, 2015February 4, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, poetry, Spring, WorkTags: brucejewett, frogs, haiku, spring, underemployment, unemployment