red pedal tractor…
sun-lit hair…freckled-face smile
fading breath of time

red pedal tractor…
sun-lit hair…freckled-face smile
fading breath of time

evening cicada–
a last nearby song
to autumn*
~Issa (haiku guy.com)

*David G Lanoue, “a translator of Japanese haiku, a teacher of English and world literature, a writer of haiku and ‘haiku novels,'” offers a footnote to this writing … It’s the last night of autumn. Tomorrow winter.
While cutting down the rice,
the little weeds with autumn
sunlight on them.
~Buson (cited: Y Sawa & EM Shiffert, Haiku Master Buson)

head pillowed on arm,
such affection for myself?
and this smoky moon
~Buson*


*cited in
The Sound of Water
Trans: Sam Hamil
As I was reviewing old post, these were two WP images and one haiku that were posted in April, 2013

Going through the gate,
I am so a wanderer
this twilight in autumn.
~Buson (Trans: Y Sawa & EM Shiffert, Haiku Master Buson)

compared to last year,
this has been even more loneliness —
autumn evening.
~Buson (Trans: Y Sawa & EM Shiffert, Haiku Master Buson
weariness
deafens
joy’s murmurs

LIOIZE – Heavy on my Mind
to a massive rock
grow quickly my pebble…
Ishitaro
~Issa (www.haikuguy.com

Simon & Garfunkel – I am a Rock”
becoming a walking stick
little bamboo
at the peak of youth
~Issa (www.hakiuguy.com)

the rivers have
an ancient darkness…
cuckoo
~Issa (www.haikuguy.com)

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