A round dozen haiku for writing on fans
by michwo
Posted: Friday, March 22, 2019 Word Count: 147 Summary: This is a distillation of "A hundred phrases for fans" by Paul Claudel (1868-1955) which were not strictly speaking haiku, but were printed accompanied by Japanese ideographs. Claudel lived for a time in Japan. |
A round dozen haiku for writing on fans
Brown turbid water
A mallard duck is swimming
Floating bits of down
It has been raining
The lake reflects new sunlight
Pine trees drip raindrops
The end of August
Dragonflies hover in mist
Three white butterflies
The tree of the flesh
A pink-suckered cherry tree
Buds of deep purple
No longer seasick
I offer up an anchor
Encrusted with shells
Old poet seeking words
Poem welling up like a sneeze
Does he then write it?
Poem drop of water
Trembling on a lotus leaf
Restless unattached
When night starts to fall
Put your cheek to this statue
Of Buddha still hot
Thick wisteria
A plethora of blossoms
Writhing like vipers
Autumn leaves tranquil
Cluttering a calm canal
Clumps of yellow broom
Ruddy peasant face
A spotted camellia
Red blotches on snow
Hanging icicles
Fall breaking into fragments
Stalactites shatter
Brown turbid water
A mallard duck is swimming
Floating bits of down
It has been raining
The lake reflects new sunlight
Pine trees drip raindrops
The end of August
Dragonflies hover in mist
Three white butterflies
The tree of the flesh
A pink-suckered cherry tree
Buds of deep purple
No longer seasick
I offer up an anchor
Encrusted with shells
Old poet seeking words
Poem welling up like a sneeze
Does he then write it?
Poem drop of water
Trembling on a lotus leaf
Restless unattached
When night starts to fall
Put your cheek to this statue
Of Buddha still hot
Thick wisteria
A plethora of blossoms
Writhing like vipers
Autumn leaves tranquil
Cluttering a calm canal
Clumps of yellow broom
Ruddy peasant face
A spotted camellia
Red blotches on snow
Hanging icicles
Fall breaking into fragments
Stalactites shatter