A temple by the clouds.
Down march the days and the pains.
What hear I, brothers?
From Yone Noguchi's book Japanese Hokkus for Haiku Bones
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Let me turn over,
Pray, go away,
Oh, my cricket!
From Yone Noguchi's book Japanese Hokkus for Haiku Bones
Pray, go away,
Oh, my cricket!
From Yone Noguchi's book Japanese Hokkus for Haiku Bones
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Suppose the stars
Fall and break? — Do they ever sound
Like my own love song?
From Yone Noguchi's book Japanese Hokkus for Haiku Bones
Fall and break? — Do they ever sound
Like my own love song?
From Yone Noguchi's book Japanese Hokkus for Haiku Bones
Monday, January 18, 2010
A cloud of flowers!
Is it the bell of Uyeno
Or that of Asakusa?
From Yone Noguchi's book Japanese Hokkus for Haiku Bones
Is it the bell of Uyeno
Or that of Asakusa?
From Yone Noguchi's book Japanese Hokkus for Haiku Bones
Thursday, January 14, 2010
My Love's lengthened hair
Swings o'er me from Heaven's gate:
Lo, Evening's shadow!
From Yone Noguchi's book Japanese Hokkus for Haiku Bones
Swings o'er me from Heaven's gate:
Lo, Evening's shadow!
From Yone Noguchi's book Japanese Hokkus for Haiku Bones
Monday, January 11, 2010
Shall I knock
At Miidera Temple's gate?
Ah, moon of to-night!
From Yone Noguchi's book Japanese Hokkus for Haiku Bones
At Miidera Temple's gate?
Ah, moon of to-night!
From Yone Noguchi's book Japanese Hokkus for Haiku Bones
Thursday, January 7, 2010
On a withered twig, .
Lo, the crow is sitting there,
Oh, this Autumn eve!
For Haiku Bones from Yone Noguchi's book Japanese Hokku
Lo, the crow is sitting there,
Oh, this Autumn eve!
For Haiku Bones from Yone Noguchi's book Japanese Hokku
Monday, January 4, 2010
Autumn's full moon:
Lo, the shadows of a pine tree
Upon the mats!
For Haiku Bones from Yone Noguchi's book Japanese Hokku
Lo, the shadows of a pine tree
Upon the mats!
For Haiku Bones from Yone Noguchi's book Japanese Hokku
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