Thursday, February 25, 2010

At eve,
By a grass-made hut,
The winds pass on.

From Yone Noguchi's book Japanese Hokkus for Haiku Bones

Monday, February 22, 2010

The far-away sky,
The white billow in distance,
And the expanse of Life and World

From Yone Noguchi's book Japanese Hokkus for Haiku Bones

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Lift anchor, life-ship!
Love's red seas, white fancy-birds,
Behold! and the blue.

From Yone Noguchi's book Japanese Hokkus for Haiku Bones

Monday, February 15, 2010

Some one at my door?
Go away, go, — go away!
Good night, sir or madam.

From Yone Noguchi's book Japanese Hokkus for Haiku Bones

Thursday, February 11, 2010

My memory-bird,
To the night's rhythm, soft and sad.-
Ghost, art thou not tired?

From Yone Noguchi's book Japanese Hokkus for Haiku Bones

Monday, February 8, 2010

What is life? A voice,
A thought, a light on the dark,-
Lo, crow in the sky.

From Yone Noguchi's book Japanese Hokkus for Haiku Bones

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Sudden pain of earth
I hear in the fallen leaf.
"Life's autumn," I cry.

From Yone Noguchi's book Japanese Hokkus for Haiku Bones

Monday, February 1, 2010

The seas sleep. The stars —
They are where? Oh my loneliness!
I gaze on my heart.

From Yone Noguchi's book Japanese Hokkus for Haiku Bones