Today's Poet - various japanese haiku writers
Just thought for the last day of the month I'd post a variety of haiku for everyone. I'm putting the transliterated Japanese for each followed by the English translation. If you look at the Japanese you can see the 5/7/5 form.
Tachibana Hokushi (ca. 1665-1718)
kaite mitari / heshitari hate wa / keshi no hana
I write, I look, I erase
And in the end
A poppy of erasure.
botan chitte / kokoru mo okazu / wakare keri
The peony flowers having fallen,
We part without regrets.
---
Uejima Onitsura (1661-1738)
amagumo no / ume o hoshi to mo / hiru nagara
Under the rainclouds
The plum blossoms seem like stars
Despite the daylight.
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Kaga no Chiyo (1703-1775)
chocho ya / nani o yume mite / hanezukai
The butterfly--
What are the dreams that make him
Flutter his wings?
okite mitsu / nete mitsu kaya no / hirosa kana
I sleep... I wake...
How wide
The bed with none beside.
(Selections from The Classic Tradition of Haiku: An Anthology ed. Faubion Bowers)
And from me today:
clarity lives in
the tips of my fingers and
flows into my pen
For those who have enjoyed this project, I have both good and bad news. The bad news - I cannot continue to do a poem a day forever. It's a lot of work to try and choose something different everyday and to write something original everyday. The good news - I will continue to try to write something of my own everyday and post most of it. And I'll try to post something by a published poet (or provide a link) about once a week.
I've really enjoyed doing this, but it's exhausting. :) I do enjoy sharing poetry with everyone, though, so stay tuned.
Tachibana Hokushi (ca. 1665-1718)
kaite mitari / heshitari hate wa / keshi no hana
I write, I look, I erase
And in the end
A poppy of erasure.
botan chitte / kokoru mo okazu / wakare keri
The peony flowers having fallen,
We part without regrets.
---
Uejima Onitsura (1661-1738)
amagumo no / ume o hoshi to mo / hiru nagara
Under the rainclouds
The plum blossoms seem like stars
Despite the daylight.
---
Kaga no Chiyo (1703-1775)
chocho ya / nani o yume mite / hanezukai
The butterfly--
What are the dreams that make him
Flutter his wings?
okite mitsu / nete mitsu kaya no / hirosa kana
I sleep... I wake...
How wide
The bed with none beside.
(Selections from The Classic Tradition of Haiku: An Anthology ed. Faubion Bowers)
And from me today:
clarity lives in
the tips of my fingers and
flows into my pen
For those who have enjoyed this project, I have both good and bad news. The bad news - I cannot continue to do a poem a day forever. It's a lot of work to try and choose something different everyday and to write something original everyday. The good news - I will continue to try to write something of my own everyday and post most of it. And I'll try to post something by a published poet (or provide a link) about once a week.
I've really enjoyed doing this, but it's exhausting. :) I do enjoy sharing poetry with everyone, though, so stay tuned.