The Cry Of The Cicada - Matsuo Basho

The cry of the cicada
Gives us no sign
That presently it will die.



Matsuo Basho



Image : Pixabay - englishcityceo

Translation : William George Aston

Trees - Ros Willard

The slender poplars
quiver in expectation
as Spring approaches.

Heads bowed, willows wash
long lustrous gold-green tresses
in sun-flecked rivers.

Dying russet leaves
fall; a discarded ball-gown.
The dance is over.

Silver birches, stark
against a monochrome sky,
bleed internally.

Ros Willard

Glance meeting - Lyndon Queripel

She was just a face
Another face in the crowd
And yet our eyes met

Lyndon Queripel

Some Really Dumb Haiku - Andrew Barham

Fishing for luck
Onychorhynchus keto
We'll have a fry-up!

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Barely moving twigs
Foraging for tasty leaves
Slender stick insects

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No time tomorrow
There's a bad moon on the rise
My red sky warning

***

Shake rattle and roll
Growing imperceptibly
Earthquake from nowhere

***

Earth shaking last month
When it really starts to rock
I phone my brother

Andrew Barham

Three Haiku - Tom Allaway

Liouh Island: Images courtesy of VisitGuernsey

Three Haiku - Tom Allaway

Lihou Island

Darkness in Lihou
Sitting round boiling kettle
Lying on the grass


The Garden

Brown thrush on green grass
Red breast robin eats near thrush
Garden harmony


My Space

Room-untidy desk
Stereo system playing
Now it is quiet

Tom Allaway

Haiku on Cat - Eleen Davis

I first heard of the haiku through Westonbirt Arboretum's autumn competition this year and find them fascinating to work on.

Here are some haiku musings on our ancient cat... - Eileen

Four Haiku on an Ancient Cat - Eileen Davis

(I)

Embers are glowing.
Outside, trees bend in the wind;
... Contented cat purrs...

(II)

Seed-filled pigeon strolls,
Calculating cat pounces -
but misses her tea!

(III)

Too cold to catch mice,
She miaows at the window,
Expecting dinner!

(IV)

Avoiding the flood,
Cautious cat crossing the road
gets splashed by a car!

Eileen Davis