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Print April 2008 (No. 706)
cold morning mist ...
the titmouse's black eye
centers stillness
the titmouse's black eye
centers stillness
Bruce Ross
Hampden, ME, USA
Hampden, ME, USA
a touch of sunset
transforming fluffy snow
into cherry blossoms
transforming fluffy snow
into cherry blossoms
Umeko Yeaton
Conway, NH, USA
Conway, NH, USA
easter
pussy willow takes root
in a crystal bowl
pussy willow takes root
in a crystal bowl
Natalia L. Rudychev
Des Plaines, IL, USA
Des Plaines, IL, USA
incense
tracing
incoming sunray
tracing
incoming sunray
A. Thiagarajan
Mumbai, India
Mumbai, India
the old woman
sells me a bit of spring
for a small change
sells me a bit of spring
for a small change
Origa
Lancing, MI, USA
Lancing, MI, USA
wolf moon shadows …
snowy hills stained dark
tree branches rattle in the wind
snowy hills stained dark
tree branches rattle in the wind
Jane Orchard
Vernonia, OR, USA
Vernonia, OR, USA
veterans' hospital
former POW's
in the winter rain
former POW's
in the winter rain
jerry ball
Walnut Creek, CA, USA
Walnut Creek, CA, USA
offshore breeze --
a girl with wild gestures
where the wave breaks
a girl with wild gestures
where the wave breaks
Jim Kacian
Winchester, VA, USA
Winchester, VA, USA
summer cafe
the tables seem cleaner
after her divorce
the tables seem cleaner
after her divorce
Lars Vargo
Embassy of Sweden, Seoul, Korea
Embassy of Sweden, Seoul, Korea
March sun
a housefly settles
on my bad knee
a housefly settles
on my bad knee
Rudi Pfaller
Remshalden, Germany
Remshalden, Germany
spring thunder
dust from a slap
on the horse's rump
dust from a slap
on the horse's rump
w. f. owen
Antelope, CA, USA
Antelope, CA, USA
sniffle, sneeze --
the scent of plum blossoms
seems so far away
the scent of plum blossoms
seems so far away
Judith Gorgone
Newton, MA, USA
Newton, MA, USA
white moon
through leafless trees
distant ambulance siren
through leafless trees
distant ambulance siren
Teruko Omoto
Osaka, Japan
Osaka, Japan
Turning red and white
together with the neon;
magnolia blooms
together with the neon;
magnolia blooms
David Burleigh (1950- )
(From "Ko," twentieth anniversary issue: Edited by Koko Kato, Nagoya, Japan)
(From "Ko," twentieth anniversary issue: Edited by Koko Kato, Nagoya, Japan)
yamayakino akarinikudaru yobunekana
In the light
From a burning hill
Glides downstream a night boat.
From a burning hill
Glides downstream a night boat.
Issa (1763-1827)
(From "1020 Haiku in Translation: The Heart of Basho, Buson and Issa," translated by Takahumi Saito & William R. Nelson, BookSurge, North Charleston, SC, USA)
(From "1020 Haiku in Translation: The Heart of Basho, Buson and Issa," translated by Takahumi Saito & William R. Nelson, BookSurge, North Charleston, SC, USA)
