Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 屋根赤き砂糖工場も暮春かな　　　石田破郷 yane akaki satô-kôba mo boshun kana ??????????? sugar factory ??????????? with a red roof… ??????????? spring dusk ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Hakyo Ishida from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:? Hakyo Ishida (1913-1969)

Originally posted on Lady Nyo's Weblog: I have had “The Essential haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, and Issa” for a few years and have only really gotten to Basho.? But recently reading Issa, (Issa means Cup-of-Tea), ?the world of haiku opened up in ways I didn’t expect. What is remarkable about Issa’s poetry is…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): さりさりと放射能食む蜂の貌　　飯田史朗 sarisari to hôshanô hamu hachi no kao ??????????? crunch, crunch… ??????????? the face of a bee that eats ??????????? radioactivity ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Shiro Iida from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine), March 2017 Issue, Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo

Originally posted on Whimsygizmo's Blog: image here The crows are contemplating murder(again) , and I am their only witness.  ::

Originally posted on Vento del giorno: stormo di corvinel filo dei pensierii loro voli flock of crowsin the train of thoughtstheir flights © A.M. ukiyo-e by Shibata Zeshin