Category Archives: Haiku

contemporary haiku poetry

1. Hosomi--Slenderness   left me to woo the moon --first firefly . . .   2. Shibumi --Astringency   they grow lean; fireflies learning of love     3. Yugen ––Beauty suffused with ineffable mystery   these shooting stars! even fireflies are watching     4. Transcendence   without regret ––at once every firefly!  …

1. Allusion   still new; Basho’s moon, Issa’s dew           2. Hosomi ––Slenderness   in and out the window and the bed this lover moon   3. Yugen ––Beauty suffused with ineffable mystery   every leaf renewed–– the moon reaching into the pine   4. Kogo kizoku  ––Awakening to the High,…

1. Hosomi ––Slenderness   the vine finds itself, ties a knot         2. Shibumi  ––Astringency   the green gone only your searching remains old vine     3. Fuga no makoto  ––Poetic Truth   the vine needs the tree to rise     4. Yugen ––Beauty suffused with ineffable mystery   halfway…