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Haiku For People

Haiku For People

Nice background to Haikus with a long list of examples - from old to current.
Link: http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/

No sky
no earth - but still
snowflakes fall

Hashin


First autumn morning:
the mirror I stare into
shows my father’s face.

Murakami Kijo. (1865-1938)


On New Year’s Day
I long to meet my parents
as they were before my birth.

NatsumeSoseki. (1867-1916)


Pond with ice
tadpoles
summer

Thomas Grieg


Behold the ego
Set in glowing emptiness
On the edge of time

Noel Kaufmann


the morning paper
harbinger of good and ill
- - I step over it

Dave McCroskey
2007-02-14 blog·citations·poems