bamboo bangs on rock
swivels back empty
the water garden
Tag: japan
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along a folding screen
strokes of sumi ink
distant crows
818
rare as freckles
on a Japanese face
azuki bean ice cream
692
paper lanterns
flames on dark waters
drifting to sea
674
in lilting Japanese
she bows to a caller
on the telephone
663
Basho once declared
that seventeen’s too many
for English haiku
(Note: Basho also remarked on adapting the Italian sonnet form to Japanese.)
658
spring constellations–
flowering cherry trees–
empty beer bottles
621
along winding streets
of little wooden houses
the honeywagon
620
by each tiny house
neatly tied packages
for scavengers
544
simple, earthen cup
her smile captured in that glaze
the snow remembers
六十六
(Revised as per J Richards)
543
crosswalk in Japan
a folksong chimes for the blind
safe now, take care now
六十六
542
a long drifting cry
roasted sweet potato man
in the dark city
六十六
541
at a post office
under the red balloon flag
first day in Japan
六十六
534/tanka
drop by drop by drop
that bamboo pail grows fuller
bangs on a boulder
a gunshot scaring away
deer feasting in the garden
六十六
533
clockwork of water
the bamboo vessel swings down
strikes a drum of stone
六十六
