Haiku For People

Nice background to Haikus with a long list of examples – from old to current.
Link: http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/

No sky
no earth – but still
snowflakes fall
Hashin

First autumn morning:
the mirror I stare into
shows my father’s face.
Murakami, Kijo. (1865-1938)

On New Year’s Day
I long to meet my parents
as they were before my birth.
Natsume, Soseki. (1867-1916)

Pond with ice
tadpoles
summer
Thomas Grieg

Behold the ego
Set in glowing emptiness
On the edge of time
Noel Kaufmann

the morning paper
harbinger of good and ill
- – I step over it
Dave McCroskey

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