Sweeping leads to enlightment. Apparently. (Old Pond Comics)
The short night;
A broom thrown away
On the beach.
– Buson (From: Haiku, R.H. Blyth, p. 675)
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The summer moon
Is touched by the line
Of the fishing-rod.
– Chiyo-ni (in Haiku, R.H. Blyth, p. 681)
Haiku-comic by Old Pond Comics
The mosquito net is one of the worst punishment for a haiku apprentice.
Want to be featured in a haiku? Just ask. (Old Pond Comics)
The change of clothes;
The crow is black,
The heron white
– Chora (from: Haiku, R.H. Blythe, p. 732)
Haiku-comic by Old Pond Comics.
I have to confess that I have once stopped to admire a fire cabinet when visiting an art gallery. (Old Pond Comics)
the sliding door’s
decorative pattern…
fly shit
– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa (tr. David G. Lanoue), haiku-comic by Old Pond Comics
spring begins—
sparrows at my gate
with healthy faces– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, tr. David G. Lanoue
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have you come
to save us haiku poets?
red dragonfly
– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, tr. David G. Lanoue, ill. Old Pond Comics
foraging for food
in my thatched hut
little butterfly
— haiku by Kobayashi Issa, tr. David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Old Pond Comics.
Butterflies love getting free rides. (Old Pond Comics)
riding piggy-back
a butterfly too is a pilgrim…
Zenko Temple– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa (Tr. David G. Lanoue)
It’s a fact that “dew” does happen and you just gotta live with it. (Old Pond Comics)
simply trust! trust!
dewdrops spilling
down
– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa (translated by David G. Lanoue)
Illustrated by Old Pond Comics
PS I took these pictures during a walk to the Seabeck Historical Cemetary (at Seabeck Haiku Retreat 2013). To see more, check out the digital story I created with the photos.
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