#hokku

I was cold this morning, then hot around noon, then it rained and I was cold again. I wrote this. cold, then hot then cold once again beginning of autumn I also wrote an alt version. cold to warm and back

friend insects enjoy it while you can autumn is coming (Kawase Hasui - Urayasu in Early Autumn) Autumn is coming. We can feel it in the morning and evening. It is still really hot at midday, but the hints

中々にひとりあればぞ月を友 蕪村 nakanaka ni hitori areba zo tsuki o tomo because I'm all alone the moon is my friend —Buson (trans. David LaSpina[1]) (woodblock print by Tsuchiya Koitsu) Buson is not talking about

夏草や兵どもが夢の跡 Natsukusa ya tsuwamono-domo ga yume no ato summer grass... the only remains of the soldiers' dreams —Basho (trans. David LaSpina[1]) (Print by Hasui Kawase) This is one of Basho's most famous

じゃんけんで負けて蛍に生まれたの janken de makete hotaru ni umareta no having lost at paper-rock-scissors born as a firefly —By Sumiko Ikeda (trans. David LaSpina[1]) (Fireflies at Night, by Tsukioka Kogyo) In some Buddhist

As I've posted about from time to time, inspired by Kobayashi Issa who wrote over 10000 haiku in his life, I make a habit of writing at least one haiku every day. Most in English, some in Japanese, some

一杯やりたい夕焼空 ippai yaritai yūyake-zora a drink now would taste so good sunset sky —Santōka (trans. David LaSpina[1]) (Print by Hirokazu Fukuda) It's our favorite free-verse haiku poet, the drunk wandering

As I was about to go to bed the other night, I realized my hands and legs were super dry. My hands so much so that they were uncomfortable and my legs so much so that they itched like crazy. I started

蜻蛉釣り今日はどこまで行ったやら tombo tsuri kyou wa doko made itta yara my little dragonfly hunter how far, I wonder has he gone today... —Chiyo-ni (trans. David LaSpina[1]) (Print by Mori Shunkei) Chiyo-ni is writing

Be a snail! Be yourself! A self-help haiku? Read on to find out!

The practice of writing is a good one that I would enjoy getting back into. The past three days I've had the extra time to do so. Let's see if it continues. I thought today I'd share one of my favorite