#haikuUnmoderated tagAll postsTrendingHotNewPromotedPayoutsdbooster in #hive-161465 • yesterdayCold Enough for Benkei ~ Haiku of JapanWe are now into winter, by the traditional Japanese reckoning of the seasons. It may not feel like it yet, but the almanac says we are on the downward path towards it. That…dbooster in #hive-161465 • 8 days agoCrickets and Change ~ Original HaikuDo animals and insects have an insight into the world that we don't? Maybe it pays to listen to them more often. I was doing so the other night, and this haiku was the result.…dbooster in #hive-161465 • 15 days agoStill Alive and the Wind ~ Haiku of JapanThe wind is often used as a metaphor for fate. Shiki may have been thinking of that as he wrote the following haiku. 秋風や生きて相見る汝と我 子規 aki kaze ya, ikite aimiru nare to…boxcarblue in #hive-161465 • 23 days agopausing to look backHow quickly the days and weeks disappear. If it weren’t for these little poems and these weekly posts, what would I actually remember? It’s always surprising to me how mucdbooster in #hive-161465 • 29 days agoSleeplessness and Ineffective Drugs ~ Haiku of JapanOn an autumn night not so long ago, a frustrated author wrote: かいもなき眠り薬や夜半の秋 kai mo naki nemurigusuri ya yowa no aki I take the pills, yet they bring no sleep— autumn…dbooster in #hive-161465 • 16 days agoSilent Moon ~ Haiku of Japan三日月にひしひしと物の静まりぬ 千代尼 mikazuki ni hishihishi to mono no shizumarinu at the crescent moon the feeling of silence —Chiyo-ni (trans. David LaSpina )
