Haiku Poems
While You Decline To Cry,
by Ō no Yasumaro
While you decline to cry,
high on the mountainside
a single stalk of plumegrass wilts.
Loose translation by Michael R. Burch
The Old Pond
by Matsuo Basho
Following are several translations
of the 'Old Pond' poem, which may be
the most famous of all haiku:
Furuike ya
kawazu tobikomu
mizu no oto
- Basho
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Bunny Frenzy
by Evelyn Judy Buehler
bunnies in the field
red and yellow butterflies
hued floral frenzy
bunnies in flowers
with a hop skip and a jump
wind's at the window
colorful bunnies
frolic golden afternoon
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Colorful Tornado
by Evelyn Judy Buehler
fiercest fall frenzy
clashing leaves, color chaos
no sound but the wind
Whitecaps On The Bay
by Richard Wright
Whitecaps on the bay:
A broken signboard banging
In the April wind.
The Jungle
by Evelyn Judy Buehler
in a realm of sounds
purple gold orange and reds
swirl amid vast greens
Colorful Tornado
by Evelyn Judy Buehler
fiercest fall frenzy
clashing leaves, color chaos
no sound but the wind
Bunny Frenzy
by Evelyn Judy Buehler
bunnies in the field
red and yellow butterflies
hued floral frenzy
bunnies in flowers
with a hop skip and a jump
wind's at the window
colorful bunnies
frolic golden afternoon
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Fever
by Evelyn Judy Buehler
desert blooms at noon
days of drought in the deep south
when love first ignites
a summer heat wave
quickly melting ice cream cones
wild activity
the long torrid nights
a profuse early blooming
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Along Comes Summer
by Evelyn Judy Buehler
on paths of roses
summer is walking my way
once again plummy
in the clear blue skies
colored birds are heading back
on the gold highways
in tall green grasses
warm breezes carry wild news
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