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#139- Haiku by Jack Kerouac

After the shower
among the drenched roses
the bird thrashing in the bath.

Empty baseball field
a robin
hops along the bench.

The bottoms of my shoes
are clean
from walking in the rain.

Humbling at best- enjoy!

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#92 – famous summer haiku

beautiful lines

of green run through

the summer dishes

Tatsuko Hoshino

one of my favorite examples of “kitchen haiku”

A Summer Day

High noon

save for reed-sparrows, the river

makes no sound

Issa

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#55- famous haiku

Elegant singer

Would you further favor us

with a dance…o frog?

~Issa

On the low~tide beach

Everything we stoop to pick…

Moves in our fingers

~Chiyo-Ni

Happy Sunday – long weekend 🙂

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#49 -Famous funny, beautiful haiku

I recently took a book out of the library called ” A Little Treasury of Haiku. ” It is a nice compilation of classic haiku poems, here are some I enjoyed, I hope you will as well.

Stupid hot melons

Rolling like fat idiots

Out from leafy shade!

~Kyora

Love it, too funny 🙂

In the twilight rain

These brilliant hued hibiscus…

A lovely sunset

~Basho


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