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Haiku Masters

It's well worth reading the haiku and haibun written by the masters of the genre: Basho, Buson, Issa, Shiki, to name a few. You can search the internet for those names and the following links may be of help:

A few haiku written by some of the Japanese Masters:

now the swinging bridge
 
is quieted with creepers  
like our tendrilled life since morning glories
~ Basho (1644 ~ 1694)
 hold my well-bucket hostage
  I beg for water

ashes my burned hut
~ Chiyo-ni (1701-1775)
but wonderful the cherry  
blooming on the hill for love and for hate
~ Hokushi: [d. 1718]
 I swat a fly and offer it
  to an ant
first autumn morning
~ Shiki (1867-1902).
the mirror I stare into  
shows my father's face brilliant moon
~ Murakami (1865-1938)
 is it true that you too
  must pass in a hurry?
a mosquite buzzes
~ Issa (1763-1827)
every time flowers  
of honeysuckle fall  
~ Buson (1716 ~ 1783)
  
   

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