Aditya Bahl and Old Pajamas: Wednesday Haiku, #77

Photo by Hans Braxmeier

be humble..

only twigs with flowers

bow 

     Aditya Bahl

Woodcut by Toyonobu Ishigawa

gusting wind

in the beak of my hand

a persimmon branch

old pajamas

 Photo by Dario Sanches

my favorite cormorant
again floats up
with an empty beak

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,
Don

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Larry Barak & Aditya Bahl: Wednesday Haiku, Week 66

Photo by Elliot K.

in syncopation
with the hooting of the owl –
dripping tap

        Larry Barak

Bashō - Horohoroto

mountain behind mountain behind mountain
petals of a rose

                         Aditya Bahl





The poem in the above artwork by Bashō may be translated:

quietly, quietly
yellow mountain roses fall -
sound of the rapids

         Bashō

 Photo by Yann

tonight's moon--
no mountain not like
the ones back home  

Issa 
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,
Don

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Gary LeBel and Aditya Bahl: Wednesday Haiku Week 59

Photograph by Carolyne Rohrig

sunlight on the water
between the angler and the river
the line so thin

Gary LeBel

Photograph by Dobromila

winter morning-
mother steam irons a shirt
the wrinkles on her face

Aditya Bahl

Hiroshige

without seeing sunlight
the winter camellia
blooms

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

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Don

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aditya bahl and Köy Deli: Wednesday Haiku, Week 45

 Photo by Secretlondon

Wednesday Haiku, Week #45

One bead
missing in the rosary-

full moon

               aditya bahl

Photo by Capture Queen

three-fifty
Ramadan drummers
rattling keys

Köy Deli

Photo by Keith

dance, my little
dervishes!
sparrows at the gate

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,

Don

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Aditya Bahl and Pat Nelson: Wednesday Haiku 39

  Photo by pueri87

Wednesday Haiku, Week #39






temple shehnai--
evening trees rustle
K says its the wind

Aditya Bahl

summer night --
the spaces between words
filled with stars

Pat Nelson

a gathering of stars--

children, grandchildren
great-great-grandchildren

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

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Don

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