Cherry blossoms bloom. Sure, it's beautiful, but is it - good for the Jews?
Случайно попалась книжка еврейских хайку. Многие дурацкие, но те, что начинаются, как японские, - с магнолий, капель дождя или крыльев бабочки, - смешные; такое дикое сочетание японской и еврейской культур в духе Вуди Аллена. Пятое напоминает мне " эти глаза напротив" от yulkar. И во всех строго выдержано 5-7-5.
Like a bonsai tree,
your terrible posture at
my dinner table.
***
After the warm rain,
the sweet scent of camellias.
Did you wipe your feet?
***
Swollen by spring rain
flowing into inky pools,
the varicose vein.
***
Filled with guilt about
fly-fishing - offspring of an
interfaith marriage.
***
Buying sliced nova,
I feel a whole smoked whitefish
giving me a look.
***
A haiku poet?
Go ahead. You can always
fall back on teaching.
***
Denmark's Jewish prince -
"To be or not to be - Oy!
Have I got tsuris."
***
Manhattan sidewalk -
a Hindu street vendor sells
potato knishes.
***
Is one Nobel Prize
so much to ask from a child
after all I've done?
***
Sorry I'm not home
to take your call. At the tone
please state your bad news.
***
In a stage whisper
a yenta confides the name
of her friend's disease.
***
Left the door open
for the Prophet Elijah.
Now our cat is gone.
***
Lightbulb out again -
how many of us must meet
to change it this time?
***
Monarch butterfly,
I know your name used to be
Caterpillarstein.
***
Hidden connection -
starvation in Africa,
food left on my plate.
***
SJF seeking
eternal soul mate - must be
a professional.
P.S. Давайте дописывать? На каком хотите языке - я уже начала.
Like a bonsai tree,
your terrible posture at
my dinner table.
***
After the warm rain,
the sweet scent of camellias.
Did you wipe your feet?
***
Swollen by spring rain
flowing into inky pools,
the varicose vein.
***
Filled with guilt about
fly-fishing - offspring of an
interfaith marriage.
***
Buying sliced nova,
I feel a whole smoked whitefish
giving me a look.
***
A haiku poet?
Go ahead. You can always
fall back on teaching.
***
Denmark's Jewish prince -
"To be or not to be - Oy!
Have I got tsuris."
***
Manhattan sidewalk -
a Hindu street vendor sells
potato knishes.
***
Is one Nobel Prize
so much to ask from a child
after all I've done?
***
Sorry I'm not home
to take your call. At the tone
please state your bad news.
***
In a stage whisper
a yenta confides the name
of her friend's disease.
***
Left the door open
for the Prophet Elijah.
Now our cat is gone.
***
Lightbulb out again -
how many of us must meet
to change it this time?
***
Monarch butterfly,
I know your name used to be
Caterpillarstein.
***
Hidden connection -
starvation in Africa,
food left on my plate.
***
SJF seeking
eternal soul mate - must be
a professional.
P.S. Давайте дописывать? На каком хотите языке - я уже начала.