Tessa Essex & Gary Grubbs: Wednesday Haiku, #107

 Antique cigar box

three years . . .
just the scent of his
cigar box is enough

    Tessa Essex

 

 Photo by Marian Bijlenga

These words
      Disappear too
Geese crossing
      The autumn sky

          Gerry Grubbs

Geese Descending on the Koto Bridges by Suzuki Harunobu

old man's leisure--
this year's tobacco too
becomes smoke

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,

Don   

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Johnny Baranski and Michael L. Newell: Wednesday Haiku, #55

Photo by anna.dickie

left to my own devices
i have much in common
with the crow

johnny baranski

Couple Under Umbrella (Crow & Heron) by Suzuki Harunobu

Most eloquent
when simplest
the grammar of touch.

Michael L. Newell

Detail from Sparrow and Scissors by Hokusai

herons, crows, sparrows
all enjoying
the water's warmth

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,

Don

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Wednesday Haiku, #23: Cherie Hunter Day

Wednesday Haiku, Week #23

late winter
again in my dreams
the playground bully

Cherie Hunter Day

it's the horseflies'
playground...
chrysanthemum

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

 

Yatsushi kikujidō by Suzuki Harunobu

best,

Don

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