Japanese Haiku: Part 5
AT FURUE IN RAIN BUSON OH SORRY TOM-CAT SHIKO THE OLD FISHERMAN BUSON WHILE I TURNED MY HEAD SHIKI VISITING THE GRAVES ... ISSA WILL WE MEET AGAIN BASHO SO ENVIABLE... SHIKO SHOCKING ... THE RED OF CHIYO-NI DRY CHEERFUL CRICKET BASHO DEEPEN, DROP, AND DIE RYUSUI BEFORE BOILED CHESTNUTS ISSA DEFEATED IN THE FRAY SHIKO ASKING THEIR ROAD... ANON. TORCHES! COME AND SEE SOKAN AUTUMN MOSQUITOES SHIKI NICE: WILD PERSIMMONS... ISSA GRAY MARSH, BLACK CLOUD ANON. FIRST WHITE SNOW OF FALL BASHO WHAT A GORGEOUS ONE ISSA NONE BROKE THE SILENCE... RYOTA IF YOU WERE SILENT SOKAN CHILLING AUTUMN RAIN... TOKUKU RAINY-MONTH, DRIPPING BUSON NOVEMBER SUNRISE... KAKEI FROM DARK WINDY HILLS KYOKUSUI SLANTING LINES OF RAIN... BUSON OH FORMER RENTER ISSA GRAY MOOR, UNMARRED ANON. LONELY UMBRELLA YAHA CARVEN GODS LONG GONE... BASHO FIVE OR SIX OF US KYORA PLUME OF PAMPAS GRASS ISSA TEA-WATER, TIRED SOKAN COLD FIRST WINTER RAIN... BASHO WINTER RAIN DEEPENS ROKA COLD WINTER SHOWER .. JOSO
GRAY WATER AND
GRAY SAND...
PICTURE WITHOUT LINES
BIGGER BLACKER
KNIGHTS OF LOVE
HAVE KNOCKED YOU OUT!
UNALTERABLY
INTENT...
COLD EVENING RAIN
THAT TRAVELER
I'D JUST PASSED ...
MELTED INTO MIST
TROTTING ON TO SHOW
THE WAY ...
OLD FAMILY DOG
HERE AT YOUR
FLOWERING GRAVE...
TWO WHITE BUTTERFLIES?
MAPLE-LEAVES
MOST GLORIOUS
CONTEMPLATING DEATH
LACQUERED FINGERNAILS
AGAINST
A WHITE CHRYSANTHEMUM
CHIRPING, KEEPS
THE AUTUMN GAY ...
CONTEMPTUOUS OF FROST
MANY-HUED
CHRYSANTHEMUMS...
ONE BLACK EARTH FOR ALL
CROSS-LEGGED LAD
IS SQUATTING...
CARVED WOODEN BUDDHA
BY BIGGER BATTLERS
FOR LOVE...
TOM-CAT SEEKS A MOUSE
SEVEN YELLOW
BAMBOO HATS
ALL TURNED TOGETHER
THE BURGLAR I HAVE
CAPTURED...
OH! MY ELDEST SON!
BUZZ ME, BITE ME ...
SEE, I AM
LONG PREPARED FOR DEATH
AND NOTICE HOW
THE MOTHER
EATS THE BITTER PARTS
FLAPPING AWAY
IN AUTUMN RAIN
LAST OLD SLOW HERON
JUST ENOUGH TO BEND
THE LEAVES
OF FADED DAFFODILS
THAT FAT SLEEK HUGE
OLD CHESTNUT
I COULD NOT GET AT ...
NOR VISITOR
NOR HOST ... NOR
WHITE CHRYSANTHEMUM
FLIGHT OF HERONS
ON DARK SKY ...
OH! AUTUMN SNOWFLAKES!
THE MOON, TOO BRIGHT
FOR SHOWERS,
SLIPS FROM THEIR FINGERS
ON AND ON
AS I LIE ABED...
AH, OLD MAN'S MEMORIES!
UNCERTAIN, THE COLD
STORKS STAND ...
BARE STICKS IN WATER
VOICES DRIVING
WEARY HORSES ...
SHOUTING OF THE STORM
ON THE DUSTY
SAMISEN
A MOUSE IS TROTTING
I KNOW IT ALL, ALL ...
DOWN TO
THE VERY COLD YOU FELT
BY ANY PATH ...
A SINGLE BRANCH ...
A BIRD ... NOVEMBER
PASSING THE HOUSE
AT TWILIGHT...
FIRST SNOW FALLING SOFT
DEAD LEAVES ALONE
FOREGATHER
ON THE TEMPLE PORCH
REMAIN, HUDDLED
TOGETHER...
BENT OLD WILLOW-TREES
TREMBLING
IN EVERY WIND...
HUSH, MY LONELY HEART
WAITING WHILE WE
WATCHED THE SNOW...
FROZE ITSELF A HAT
POOR MONKEY,
YOU TOO COULD USE
A LITTLE WOVEN CAPE
LICHENED LETTERS
ON THE GRAVE...
AND MY OLD SADNESS
SEE ALL THE PEOPLE
RUNNING
ACROSS SETA BRIDGE!
