Haiku Poems
Wimbeldon
by Prabhakar Belavadi
june 20th arriving
players warm up in full swing
glittering trophies
Four Haiku
by Matsuo Basho
Spring:
A hill without a name
Veiled in morning mist.
The beginning of autumn:
Sea and emerald paddy
Both the same green.
The winds of autumn
Blow: yet still green
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Autumn
by Debra Robertson
Summer’s cremation
Funeral pyres foreshadow
Winter of lost souls
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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Fukuda Chiyo-ni translations by Michael R. Burch
by Michael R. Burch
Fukuda Chiyo-ni
Fukuda Chiyo-ni (1703-1775) was a justly celebrated Japanese poet, haikuist, painter and calligrapher of the Edo period. Also known as Kaga no Chiyo, she began writing haiku at age seven and was popular throughout Japan by age seventeen. In her early fifties she became a Buddhist nun, shaved her head, adopted the name Soen (“Escape”), and took up residence in a temple.
These are Japanese haiku by Fukuda Chiyo-ni in modern English translations by Michael R. Burch
Where possible, I have included the original Japanese text.
Because morning glories
held my well-bucket hostage
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Yellow Blooms All Day
by Evelyn Judy Buehler
tulips and daisies
in butterfly wing shadows
of red in meadows
in green bluebird field
unfurls fair black-eyed Susan
in the gold season
midst the twilight trees
sunflowers and buttercups
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Sparkle
by Evelyn Judy Buehler
solitary moon
shining through stained window sash
rose in beveled glass
sparkling bloom in light
exuding magic powers
in the sleepless hours
golden times will come
in a cottage by the sea
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The Best Judge
by Somali Mukherjee
Life counts everything;
She is such a subtle judge;
There's no nepotism.
Westward Wind
by Evelyn Judy Buehler
in solemn homage
mauve blooms bend to touch green grass
westward whistling pass
Summer Delight
by Evelyn Judy Buehler
cool sparkling sea spray
such tinted frothing bubbles
it's a hot hot day
