Japanese Haiku: Part 3
OLD DARK SLEEPY POOL... BASHO MY SHADOWY PATH YAHA HARD THE BEGGAR'S BED ... CHIYO-NI COME COME! COME OUT! KIKAKU OVER THE MOUNTAIN ISSA STARTING TO CALL YOU: TAIGI GOOD FRIEND GRASSHOPPER ISSA A LOST CHILD CRYING RYUSUI THE SNAKE DEPARTED KYOSHI AH! BRAVE DRAGON-FLY ... KOHYO I RAISED MY KNIFE TO IT: SAMPU GIDDY GRASSHOPPER ISSA DARTING DRAGON-FLY ... KIKAKU REPLY: BASHO TINY SENTENCES SESSHI MIRROR-POND OF STARS ... SORA SADNESS AT TWILIGHT... BUSON IN DIM DUSK AND SCENT BUSON NOW BE A GOOD BOY ISSA WAKE! THE SKY IS LIGHT! BASHO STILLNESS ... THEN THE BAT KIKAKU NOW MY LONELINESS SHIKI STUPID HOT MELONS... KYORA FOR MORNING-GLORIES OHORA CAN'T IT GET AWAY GIJOENS SILENT THE OLD TOWN... BASHO VENDOR OF BRIGHT FANS SHIRI VOICES OF TWO BELLS BUSON DEEP IN DARK FOREST BUSON CAMELLIA-PETAL BASHO IN THE TWILIGHT RAIN BASHO FRIEND, THAT OPEN MOUTH ANON. BUTTERFLY ASLEEP BUSON GOOD EVENING BREEZE! ISSA SEE THE MORNING BREEZE BUSON OH LUCKY BEGGAR!... KIKAKU
QUICK UNEXPECTED
FROG
GOES PLOP! WATERSPLASH!
I'VE SWEPT ALL DAY
AND NOW ... OH NO!
CAMELLIA-SHOWER!
BUT SOCIABLE
AND BUSY
WITH INSECT-TALKING
FROM BOGS OLD FROGS
COMMAND THE DARK
AND LOOK ... THE STARS!
BRIGHT THE FULL WHITE
MOON NOW SMILES...
ON THE FLOWER-THIEF
COME WATCH
THESE BUTTERFLIES ...
OH! I'M ALL ALONE
WILL YOU PLAY
THE CARETAKER
FOR MY LITTLE GRAVE?
STUMBLING OVER
THE DARK FIELDS ...
CATCHING FIREFLIES
BUT THE LITTLE EYES
THAT GLARED...
DEW, SHINING IN THE GRASS
TAKING FOR YOUR PERCH
THIS SWATTER
CONSECRATE TO DEATH
THEN WALKED
EMPTY-HANDED ON ...
PROUD ROSE OF SHARON
TAKE CARE ... DO NOT
LEAP AND CRUSH
THESE PEARLS OF DEWDROP
PULL OFF ITS SHINY
WINGS AND LOOK...
BRIGHT RED PEPPER-POD
BRIGHT RED PEPPER-POD ...
IT NEEDS BUT SHINY
WINGS AND LOOK...
DARTING DRAGON-FLY!
BRUSHING SOFT ON
MY SHUTTERS...
BUSH-CLOVER VOICES
SUDDENLY A SUMMER
SHOWER
DIMPLES THE WATER
VILLAIN! I HAVE
LET MY HAND
CUT THAT PEONY
A WITNESS
NOW HALF HIDDEN...
EVENFALL ORCHID
TAKE GOOD CARE OF
OUR HOUSE ...
CRICKET MY CHILD
LET US TO THE ROAD
AGAIN...
COMPANION BUTTERFLY!
FLYING AMONG
THE WILLOWS
BLACK AGAINST GREEN SKY
FOLLOWING
THE FIREWORKS...
LOOK! A FALLING STAR!
ROLLING
LIKE FAT IDIOTS
OUT FROM LEAFY SHADE!
I CAN FORESEE GRAVE
DANGER...
SINGLE-STICK PRACTICE
FROM THE STICKY
PINE-BRANCHES ...
CICADA SINGING?
THE SCENT OF FLOWERS
FLOATING...
AND EVENING BELL
CARRYING HIS PACK
OF BREEZE...
SUFFOCATING HEAT!
THAT SPEAK FROM
TWILIGHT TEMPLES...
AH! COOL DIALOGUE
A WOODCUTTER'S
DULL AXE TALKING...
AND A WOODCUTTER
FELL IN SILENT DAWN ...
SPILLING
A WATER-JEWEL
THESE BRILLIANT-HUED
HIBISCUS ...
A LOVELY SUNSET
REVEALS YOUR
WHOLE INTERIOR...
SILLY HOLLOW FROG!
FOLDED SOFT ON
TEMPLE BELL...
THEN BRONZE GONG RANG!
CROOKED AND
MEANDERING
YOUR HOMEWARD JOURNEY
RUFFLING HIS SO
SILKY HAIR...
COOL CATERPILLAR
BRIGHT HEAVEN
AND COOL EARTH
YOUR SUMMER OUTFIT
