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, March 12, 2015

No.10

another cold day
tapping the barometer
still no sign of spring

visiting grandma
the little boy plays for hours
with coloured buttons

summer evening
on the golf course - long shadows
follow us home

in the surgery
surrounded by wall pictures -
internal organs

through the distant trees
the flash of leaping antlers
and a rifle shot

gently caressing
she moulds the wet clay
poetry in motion

in the fading light
the owl just a dark shadow
against the dovecote
excited squawking
from the budgie - a big cat
on the window ledge

the old gentleman
 enters the elevator
and takes off his hat

one tiny dewdrop
the sun, clouds, the entire sky
reflected therein
[inspired by a saying of the 13th century Zen master DOGEN]

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ANYONE FOR HAIKU
will now be updated every Thursday

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