Rehn Kovacic & Slomovits/Burd: Wednesday Haiku, #92

Woodblock by Utagawa Kunimasa

The moon
      not quite full—
    a lover’s anticipation.

Rehn Kovacic

 

Photo by Arthur Rothstein

autumn —
a leaf rides down
a children's slide

Laszlo Slomovits
Jennifer Burd

 Photo by Theodor Horydczak

blossoms scatter--
my years too
on a downhill slide

Issa 
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,
Don 

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H. F. Noyes: The Truth About Haiku

The Plum Orchard In Kameido by Hiroshige

"The truth is that readers require not so much to be informed as to be reminded. Haiku remind us that life is ever new, and of what compelling interest the everyday can provide." 

         H. F. Noyes - Haiku Canada Review Vol. 6, Feb. 2012, No. 1, pg. 22

The following is from Tom's fine collection, raking aside leaves, which you can find reviewed here:

Artwork by Gogaku Yajima

Religion aside
there are plum blossoms
and pussy willows

H. F. Noyes

Photo by Theodor Horydczak

the Buddha in the field
with a red skullcap...
plum blossoms

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,
Don

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