Oi village still now
tills their fields with fire—
ancestors in smoke
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Tag: japan
2221r
snowflakes as large
as peony blossoms
old japanese print
2211
mikan in season
citrus from satsuma
the table aglow
2192
a grandmother sings
a Japanese lullaby
rocking her i-phone
1754
sakura report
japanese news updating
where cherry trees bloom
1743📿
in a pilgrim’s robe
trudging by green fields of rice
Basho composes
1703
dancers put away
their masks and paper lanterns
break into charleston
1589
baked sweet potatoes
even for you I won’t go
into the snowy night
🍠☃️
1586
sweet potato man
pushes his cart home
stops at McDonald’s
🍔
1571
hiroshima tram
653 at ground zero
many times a day
1478r
bull frogs blink
a drunken poet
falls in their pond
(“Failed Haiku,” edited by Mike Rehling, 4/1/2016)
1464
snowing down in clumps
large as peony blossoms
old japanese print
1453
sacks of mandarins
clusters of freshly picked suns
winter addiction
1401
Kyoto apartment
three tatami mats
just me and Basho
1322
my poor earthen cups
next to onyx decanters
blush to be displayed
