Rehn Kovacic & Matthew Moffett: Wednesday Haiku, #219

Image from Talshiarr

Picking up each seed
   the bird bows--
        backyard Buddha

Rehn Kovacic

Photo by Ross

beside themselves
beside the cracked-up pavement
daffodils

Matthew Moffett

Artwork by Hishida Shunso

still plum blossoms
my head, by itself
bows

Issa
trans. by David G. Lanoue

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Don

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Rehn Kovacic & Susan Diridoni: Wednesday Haiku, #201

Photo by ~Coqui

Each tear
   an offering--
       hidden moon

Rehn Kovacic

Photo by Lucy Gutteridge

 

overfilled beak of the sparrow gathering still

Susan Diridoni

 Photo by Paul Cooper

what day then?
all the hut's sparrows
leave the nest

Issa
trans. by David G. Lanoue

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Don

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Rehn Kovacic & George Held: Wednesday Haiku, #197

        The fly settles--
 reading each word of the sacred text      
              with his feet

                 Rehn Kovacic

Photo by little red house

  Little Dipper pours
water into Big Dipper -
  Splash!

George Held

Kanji: Big Dipper sake

letting the samurai
hold the sake dipper...
chrysanthemums
                    Issa
                    translated by David G. Lanoue

 

 
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Don

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Raamesh Gowri Raghaven & Rehn Kovacic:Wednesday Haiku, #189

Photo by Benoy

unfenced:
songs from
the tea garden

     Raamesh Gowri Raghavan

 

Artwork by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

clouded mind
      the scent
    of sweet rain

      Rehn Kovacic

Artwork by J. F. Nauman

the nightingale, too
has a merry song...
tea pickers

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

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Don

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Rehn Kovacic & Paresh Tiwari: Wednesday Haiku, #187

Photo by Bob Jenkins via wikicommons

Morning light--
  cracks in the relationship
       exposed

            Rehn Kovacic

Photo by Prashanthns via wikicommons

mackerel clouds -
the fishing line hooks
a ripple

Paresh Tiwari

Photo by Lainey Paige via wikicommons

ripples on water--
mingling with the larks
a fishing boat

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

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Don

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Seánan Forbes & Rehn Kovacic: Wednesday Haiku, #183

 Woodblock by Utam0ro

cherry blossoms
springtime falling
through our hands

Seánan Forbes

 Detail of Kacho-e woodblock

   Silence
between notes--
     cricket song.

Rehn Kovacic

Scholar Gazing at the Moon (19th century)

spring moon--
if I touched it
it would drip

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

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Don

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Rehn Kovacic & Bart Solarcyzk: Wednesday Haiku, #152

Photo by 顔なし

Incense smoke mingles
      with discarded thoughts—
          temple gong.

Rehn Kovacic

 

 Photo by BMP

November clouds
smiling dog
bites the wind

Bart Solarczyk

Photo by M.Nishimura

taking turns
with the prayer gong...
mountain cuckoo

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,

Don

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Tony Burfield & Rehn Kovacic: Wednesday Haiku, #145

Photo by Tyxop

winter rec center--
on the pool’s deck
one ant

Tony Burfield

 

Photo by Adaenn

Sunday morning rain—
       a tail protrudes
    from under the bed.

         Rehn Kovacic

Artwork by Miyazaki Yūzen

the dragonfly's tail, too
day by day
grows old

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

 

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Rehn Kovacic & George Held: Wednesday Haiku, #135

Photo by Hani Amir

   Moon
and wind chimes—
        a duet

Rehn Kovacic

 

Photo by H. Dwight Beers

  
   Crescent moon--
inhaling aroma
   of honeysuckle 

       George Held

Photo by jurvetson

shining up
the evening moon...
autumn wind

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

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Rehn Kovacic & Kevin Connelly: Wednesday Haiku, #126

Image via The Library of Congress

Moment
  after moment—
           a different mountain.

          Rehn Kovacic

 Photo by Waugsberg

before the butterfly,
we must first consider
the caterpillar

Kevin Connelly

Art by Hokusai

in the lake
heading for the mountain...
the flea swims

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

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Chen-ou Liu & Rehn Kovacic: Wednesday Haiku, #123

Photo by Mr. Wood

blinds flapping
out of the spring sky
a raven's caw

Chen-ou Liu

 Photo by Lady Dragonfly CC

 
 


Conversation
  on a hot summer evening—
         cicada.

Rehn Kovacic

Photo by Jason A. Samfield

in a dewdrop world
singing of dewdrops...
summer cicada

Issa 

translated by David G. Lanoue

   

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Eric Burke & Rehn Kovacic: Wednesday Haiku, #120

Photo by jinxmcc

house painters --
the young walnut tree's
branches tied back

Eric Burke

 

 Art by Charles Livingston Bull

 After
    the downpour—
         a mockingbird.

      Rehn Kovacic

Mockingbird (detail) by James Audubon

from his hole the snake
glances back...
corrupt world of desire

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

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Charlie Mehrhoff & Rehn Kovacic: Wednesday Haiku, #118

 Photo by Ajnagraphy

freezing rain
born again
in the headlights

Charlie Mehrhoff

 Photo by Average Jane Crafter

My poetry—
    each word
  stolen from the moon.

    Rehn Kovacic

Photo by Kevin Ambrose (Washington Post)

big rain
big moon
cicada in the pine

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

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Rehn Kovacic & James Krotzman: Wednesday Haiku, #115

Photo by Philip C

Light desert rain
      the scent of creosote—
   still no smile.
                   Rehn Kovacic

Photo by Denis Collete

Boundary Waters
paddling deeper
into myself

James Krotzman

Photo by Nick Hobgood

rainstorm--
a naked rider
on a naked horse

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

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Rehn Kovacic & J. E. Stanley: Wednesday Haiku, #110

Photo by Taylor Schaldes

He wore his beauty
      so easily—
   one shoelace untied.

      Rehn Kovacic

 

 Photo by Fir0002/Flagstaffotos

 

at opposite ends of the earth
monks and rivers
burn

      J. E. Stanley

Photo by wili-hybrid

bonfires for the dead--
soon they'll burn
for us

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

   
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