Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Patrick Sweeney & Chen-ou Liu: Wednesday Haiku, #228




Chess between adepts
persimmons on
a leafless tree

Patrick Sweeney


Photo by Brendan Adkins



the whiteness
of a cold moon ...
you, slanted eyes

Chen-ou Liu



Photo by Joe Stump



in cherry blossom shade
there are even those
who hate this world

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue



best,
Don
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The grittiness here in all three is very impressive. Another way of considering haiku. Congrats to all.

Issa's Untidy Hut said...

Yes, A, yes, indeed ...