Buson

photo friday: autumn 2013

Going through the gate,

I also am a wanderer

this twilight in autumn.

~Buson*

*cited in:

Haiku Master Buson

Trans; Yuki Sawa & Edith Marcombe Shiffert

overcome by this cold falling rain:

how very similar, my life

to my old friend’s ~ Buson*

struck by a

raindrop, snail

closes up ~ Buson*

*source:

The Classic Tradition of Haiku

Ed. Faubion Bowers

head pillowed on arm,

such affection for myself?

and this smoky moon

~Buson*

*cited in

The Sound of Water

Trans: Sam Hamill

In an old pond

a frog ages

while leaves fall ~ Buson*

squatting

the frog observes

the clouds ~ Chiyo*

*The Classic Tradition of Haiku

Ed. Faubion Bowers