...first autumn morning
A Japanese haiku is a microcosm composed of 17 syllables in 3 phrases 5-7-5. Within this limited verse haiku poets are able to express a great variety of feelings and thoughts at times catching the glimpse of eternity through the commonplace. Like the literary associations, the social context of haiku extends the richness of meaning of these brief poems. The strength of Haiku is their ability to suggest and evoke rather then merely to describe. Zen’s insistence on enlightenme
CHERRY BLOSSOMS
Spring awakened only nine days and look — these fields and mountains BASHO Spring — a hill without a name veiled in morning fog BASHO Spring sun in every pool of water — lingering ISSA Flower petals set the mountain in motion — cherry blossoms HOITSU Spring passes — the last reluctant cherry blossoms BUSON Misty day — they might be gossiping horses in the field ISSA Not in a hurry to blossom — plum tree at my gate ISSA Where there are people there are flies, and there are Bud
