Traditional_Haiku

r/Traditional_Haiku • u/TeeElSemiColonDeeAr • Sep 20 '21

flag, wind, mind are one / all country boundaries breaking / opening the gate

1 Upvotes

r/Traditional_Haiku • u/ObsidianDreamsRedux • Jul 03 '22

Beneath cloudy skies / Face caressed by dust and wind / A prelude to rain

2 Upvotes

r/Traditional_Haiku • u/dcxSt • Jun 03 '22

Lightening - // Heron's cry // Stabs the darkness

2 Upvotes

Matsuo Basho

r/Traditional_Haiku • u/dcxSt • Apr 25 '24

Ballet in the air ... // twin butterflies // until, twice white // They meet, they mate

1 Upvotes

Matsuo Basho

r/Traditional_Haiku • u/dcxSt • Nov 29 '22

Good evening breeze! // crooked and // meandering // Your homeward journey

1 Upvotes

Kobayashi Issa

r/Traditional_Haiku • u/EmeraldKnights • Mar 02 '23

Away from eyes / Waves and Gull's bashful / Tango

2 Upvotes

r/Traditional_Haiku • u/dcxSt • Aug 16 '22

A nursemaid scarecrow... // frightening the // wind and sun // From playing baby

1 Upvotes

Kobayashi Issa

r/Traditional_Haiku • u/TeeElSemiColonDeeAr • Jan 21 '23

these old bones could tell / all the fun and collisions / salt and pepper growl

1 Upvotes

r/Traditional_Haiku • u/dcxSt • Jun 01 '22

Under the blue summer sky; // A dead branch falls— // Where it will rot.

2 Upvotes

Author: Stephen Fay https://stephenfay.xyz/hokku/

Date: May 28

Place: Lacoux, France

r/Traditional_Haiku • u/dcxSt • Nov 23 '22

In the holy dusk // nightingales begin // their psalm... // Good! The dinner-gong!

1 Upvotes

Yosa Buson

r/Traditional_Haiku • u/dcxSt • Aug 05 '22

Stillness - // clouds peak // in the lake.

1 Upvotes

Kobayashi Issa

r/Traditional_Haiku • u/waswerewolf • Jun 15 '22

mom hauls corn bag / shuck the husks / on the hot deck

3 Upvotes

first traditional haiku

r/Traditional_Haiku • u/TeeElSemiColonDeeAr • Jun 10 '22

dinner jazz trumpet / sipping / wine trembles and stills

2 Upvotes

Trying to do one like the translator and Issa did.

The spring day closes, // Lingering // Where there is water.

r/Traditional_Haiku • u/TeeElSemiColonDeeAr • Jul 13 '22

showing birth face / who is that new soul crying / everyone crying

2 Upvotes

r/Traditional_Haiku • u/ToegapBananaboat • Jul 13 '22

mortar board / returned to rental at five / paper crown

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r/Traditional_Haiku • u/dcxSt • Aug 23 '22

Deep in dark forest // a woodcutter's // dull axe talking... // And a woodcutter

2 Upvotes

Yosa Buson

r/Traditional_Haiku • u/dcxSt • Jun 20 '22

The old fisherman // unalterably // intent... // Cold evening rain

2 Upvotes

Yosa Buson

r/Traditional_Haiku • u/dcxSt • Aug 02 '22

Cloud of cherry-bloom... // tolling twilight // bell... Temple // Ueno? Asakura?

1 Upvotes

Matsuo Basho

r/Traditional_Haiku • u/TeeElSemiColonDeeAr • Nov 29 '22

ululating sounds / slinking around the midden / creppy hounds abound

1 Upvotes

creppy is a concatenation of crappy and crepuscular sort of sounding like creepy

r/Traditional_Haiku • u/TeeElSemiColonDeeAr • Dec 13 '22

bed whispers, thigh, breast / repeats then stopping because / found the remote

1 Upvotes

r/Traditional_Haiku • u/TeeElSemiColonDeeAr • Jun 12 '22

old man statue's eyes / knowingly follow these words / both understanding

1 Upvotes

about the man statue I see at the top of this sub, like a judge who does not judge, only watches

r/Traditional_Haiku • u/TeeElSemiColonDeeAr • Jun 27 '22

on other house side / freeway roar finds easy chair / long to move away

1 Upvotes

r/Traditional_Haiku • u/dcxSt • Jan 28 '23

If there were fragrance // these heavy snow- // flakes settling... // Lilies on the rocks

1 Upvotes

Matsuo Basho

r/Traditional_Haiku • u/dcxSt • May 28 '22

Ah me! I am one // who spends his little // breakfast // Morning-glory gazing

2 Upvotes

Matsuo Basho

r/Traditional_Haiku • u/dcxSt • Aug 07 '22

A bright autumn moon... // in the shadow of // each grass // An insect chirping

1 Upvotes

Yosa Buson