Scattered leaves
confuse the pattern
on rigid bricks
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from Hotsprings and Stubbed Toe, Occasional haiku… 1992-2004
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haiku and haibun etc.
Furious strider…
Furious strider
flustered,
cursing into a box
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from Hotsprings and Stubbed Toe, Occasional haiku… 1992-2004
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Another crisp leaf…
Another crisp leaf
staggers down
cutting close air
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from Hotsprings and Stubbed Toe, Occasional haiku… 1992-2004
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Sitting still…
Sitting still
cold granite slab
breathing again
Fiery maple leaves…
Fiery maple leaves
smouldering atop
damp mossy roof
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from Hotsprings and Stubbed Toe, Occasional haiku… 1992-2004
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Stumble, Hurry! Hurry! – January in Hotsprings
Stumble,
Hurry hurry! catch
Catch the trail
Muddy trails is
break break
Forest fires & foot prints
Before the crumbs are gone.
Coffee and cigarillo
Another milk coffee
Cigarillos smoked to nib
Considering a present
Passports and Friends
More stamps in the passports
More poems to write
I know who my real friends are
NOTE:
Kobayashi Issa was the man who developed the 5-7-5 format but Japanese and English are very different languages – Japanese is syllabary and English uses diphthongs (great word) for starters. So i take the classic intent of haiku to heart in writing “not about the rainstorm, but about a single drop” — in other words, convey emotion briefly and succinctly, rather that dogmatically adhering to the 5-7-5 format which forces one to “shoehorn” in words or pries others out to fit.
so, and/or:
Ink stamps in passport
Friends offer shelter from fear
Poems come after rest
Swirling Years – January in Hotsprings
Wherein:
Swirling years of bliss
Something in an eye(s)
Tells all the stories
Until the Time – January in Hotsprings
Until the time
If i had a clock i would count
Down the hours and so on
Now: 13,000,000 stars