Wolves
are keening in harmony—
this snowy evening
—Joso
***
Give me back my dream!
a crow has wakened me
to misty moonlight
—Onitsura
***
Running across the altar
and stealing a chrysanthemum—
the temple rat
—Takamasa
***
Lightning!
Fleeing up the wall,
the legs of a spider
—Kicho
***
Down a paulawnia tree
the rain comes trickling
across a cicada's belly
—Baishitsu
***
Lead him slowly!
the horse is carrying
the spring moon
—Watsujin
***
Tranquility—
the voice of the cicada
seeps into the rocks
—Basho
are keening in harmony—
this snowy evening
—Joso
***
Give me back my dream!
a crow has wakened me
to misty moonlight
—Onitsura
***
Running across the altar
and stealing a chrysanthemum—
the temple rat
—Takamasa
***
Lightning!
Fleeing up the wall,
the legs of a spider
—Kicho
***
Down a paulawnia tree
the rain comes trickling
across a cicada's belly
—Baishitsu
***
Lead him slowly!
the horse is carrying
the spring moon
—Watsujin
***
Tranquility—
the voice of the cicada
seeps into the rocks
—Basho
____________________
—Medusa
Medusa encourages poets of all ilk and ages to send their POETRY, PHOTOS and ART, as well as announcements of Northern California poetry events to kathykieth@hotmail.com (or snail ‘em to P.O. Box 762, Pollock Pines, CA 95726) for posting on this daily Snake blog. Rights remain with the poets. Previously-published poems are okay for Medusa’s Kitchen, as long as you own the rights. (Please cite publication.)
Today's poems are from A Haiku Menagerie,
ed. by Stephen Addiss with Fumiko and Akira Yamamoto, Weatherhill, Inc., 1992
—Medusa
Medusa encourages poets of all ilk and ages to send their POETRY, PHOTOS and ART, as well as announcements of Northern California poetry events to kathykieth@hotmail.com (or snail ‘em to P.O. Box 762, Pollock Pines, CA 95726) for posting on this daily Snake blog. Rights remain with the poets. Previously-published poems are okay for Medusa’s Kitchen, as long as you own the rights. (Please cite publication.)
Today's poems are from A Haiku Menagerie,
ed. by Stephen Addiss with Fumiko and Akira Yamamoto, Weatherhill, Inc., 1992