K. Ramesh & Ken Sawitri: Wednesday Haiku, #210

Photo by Ashley van Haeften  wikicommons

full moon rise...
the deer trots back
to the forest

K. Ramesh

Photo by Lyza

sudden shower
the sun flows
into countless paths

Ken Sawitri

Photo by Jane Shivery

even Mr. Moon
is slandered!
evening cool

Issa
trans. by David G. Lanoue

best,
Don

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Olivier Schopfer & K. Ramesh: Wednesday Haiku, #198

Photo credit: Len Radin / Foter / CC BY-NC-SA

far from home...
the rustle of willow leaves
speaks my language

Olivier Schopfer

 Photo credit: Internet Archive Book Images / Foter /

football field...
every ant moves
with a morsel

K. Ramesh

Photo credit: yummywatermelon / Foter / CC BY-NC-SA

rustling
in Goddess Kannon's heart...
the willow

                    Issa
                    trans. by David G. Lanoue

 
  best,
Don

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K. Ramesh and Kala Ramesh: Wednesday Haiku, #182

Van Gogh

nothing to lose
nothing to gain...
starlit sky

K. Ramesh

Photo by Bob Jenkins

a beggar
lifts her palms to passersby 
hardened earth

Kala Ramesh

 Kashira of Tanabata Festival by Oishi Akichika

my stars--
a gang of old men
in the Milky Way

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,
Don

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Laszlo Slomovits and K. Ramesh: Wednesday Haiku, #153

 Photo by Alvimann

what to do about
the ants found in firewood
in deep cold winter?

Laszlo Slomovits

 

Photo by Emmi P

on the pebble...
stories of
the universe

K. Ramesh

 Photo by Irish Eyes

firewood laid out
on the eaves...
snow is melting!

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,

Don

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Kala Ramesh & K. Ramesh: Wednesday Haiku, #140

Photo by Demi-Brooke

scrambling for words -
a birdsong in flight
deep in me

Kala Ramesh

 

Antique Pain Relief Balm

scent of a pain balm
in the railway station...
memories of my father

     K. Ramesh

 Bird Over Poppies by Sugakudo

words
are a waste of time...
poppies

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

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Don

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Lisa Espenmiller & K. Ramesh: Wednesday Haiku, #97

Photo credit: VinothChandar / Foter / CC BY

fifth breath in
rattle of loose window --
ten thousand drops of rain

Lisa Espenmiller 

Photo credit: mckaysavage / Foter / CC BY

 


muezzin’s  call…
the touch of an evening breeze
on leaves of the banyan

K. Ramesh

Photo by Penywise

cool breeze--
from Buddha's direction
blowing a blessing

 Issa

 translated by David G. Lanoue 

best,
Don

   

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Sasa Vazic and K. Ramesh: Wednesday Haiku Week #78

Woodcut by Yoshitoshi Taiso

let's cross the road
just two steps nearer
to the full moon

Sasa Vazic

Originally published 
in Mainichi Daily News, 2007

Goose or monk fish mouth, stereoscopic view by T. W. Smillee

boy's mouth open...
watching the fish
eat the puffed rice

K. Ramesh

Photo by Enoch Lau

on people
and on pufferfish
the same moon shines

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

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Don 

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