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Today's Classic:
蟷螂が不二の麓にかかる哉
tôrô ga fuji no fumoto ni kakaru kana
a praying mantis
at the base of Mount Fuji
clings
Kobayashi Issa
Image: 'The Fuji Marsh and Ukishima Plain near Yoshiwara', Utagawa Hiroshige AND Praying Mantis and the Moon', Watanabe Seitei
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関守の口真似するや雉の声
sekimori no kuchimane suru ya kiji no koe
mimicking the voice
of the barrier guard...
pheasant
Kobayashi Issa (Tr. David Lanoue)
Image: 'Silver Pheasants', Kitao Masayoshi (ca.1800) https://t.co/cKthjwphmX
Today's Find:
one tiny feather
all the colours of the bird
weightless on my palm
Beverley George
Presence 47, 2012
Image: 'Birds and Cotton Rose', Imao Keinen (Meiji era)
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war news—
whenever i pass
the crow on the ledge
Deborah A. Bennett @dabennettpoet
Image: 'Crow On Top Of Torii', Yashima Gakutei (Edo period) https://t.co/zEDfp41IM3
Today's Find:
counting clouds
the nuthatch
caches a seed
Brad Bennet
tinywords, April 12th., 2022
Image: 'A Nuthatch and Three Persimmons', Watanabe Seitei https://t.co/qvk45K9uyx
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tuning the cello
finches turn their heads
this way and that
Bob Lucky
Image: 'Cardueline Finch and Morning Glory', Keibun Matsumoto (1892)
Today's Feature:
bent lily stems
the wheelchair
in the corner
Deborah P. Kolodji
Blithe Spirit - Journal of the British Haiku Society, Vol. 29, Nr. 4 (Nov. 2019)
Image: 'Lilies', Katsushika Hokusai (ca. 1832)
Today's Find:
new year morning —
knee deep in the snow
left by last year
Arvinder Kaur
The Mainichi Japan, January 1, 2021
Image: 'Sparrow in Snow', Takahashi Biho (1900)
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fluent
in the language
of dawn
a blackbird's song
becomes my mantra
Caroline Skanne @CarolineSkanne
Tanka 2020: poems from today's world.
Image: 'Crested Blackbird and Flowering Cherry', Utagawa Hiroshige (1830) https://t.co/cgsoSSpfel
Today's Feature (a haiga):
sun-baked orchard
collecting cherries
in my hat
Annette Makino
First Prize: Dori Anderson Award for haiku about Ukiah, ukiaHaiku Festival, 2018
Image: Makino Studio