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Haiku by the Japanese 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 using the key terms "haiku", "masters", "Japanese".
A few haiku written by some of the Japanese Masters
now the swinging bridge
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| is quieted with creepers |
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| like our tendrilled life |
since morning glories |
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~ Basho (1644 - 1694) |
hold my well-bucket hostage |
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I beg for water |
ashes my burned hut |
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~ Chiyo-ni (1701-1775) |
but wonderful the cherry |
| first autumn morning |
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blooming on the hill |
| the mirror I stare into |
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~ Hokushi: [d. 1718] |
| shows my father's face |
brilliant moon |
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~ Murakami (1865 -1938) |
is it true that you too |
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must pass in a hurry? |
for love and for hate |
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~ Issa (1763 -1827) |
I swat a fly and offer it |
| a mosquite buzzes |
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to an ant |
| every time flowers |
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~ Shiki (1867-1902) |
| of honeysuckle fall |
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~ Buson (1716 - 1783) |
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