The origins of the haiku (pronounced "high-coo" with equal emphasis on each syllable) go back to the 12th century in Japan, where poets, often in groups, would improvise verses which would eventually create very long poems. It wasn’t till the 16th century that ordinary Japanese folk became interested in the arts, and it was Matsuo Basho who is credited with developing and making popular the little poems which later became known as haiku.

Thursday, February 5, 2015

No.2

nose to the ground
Cody explores the garden
an inch at a time

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between the rocks
a moon 
in every little pool

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each time he tells the story
the angler stretches his arms 
w   i   d  e   r

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in the hermit's hut
a bed a bowl a table
and peace

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bitter cold morning
the eight twenty five is late
the platform shivers

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summers day outing
between wiper and windscreen
a parking ticket

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lost property desk
the woman loses patience
the clerk his temper

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low tide
a chain of seaweed snakes
along the foreshore

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technical fault
the automated toilet
opens
closes
opens
closes
opens

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high on the hillside
a thousand autumn colours
from a thousand trees

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