Simply Haiku

Quoted from Simply Haiku

A Quarterly Journal of Japanese Short Form Poetry
Spring 2006, vol 4 no 1 : Robert Wilson

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chie mo nashi mu-chie mo nashi ya mushi no aki

知恵もなし　無知恵もなしや　虫の秋

the wisdom
of NO-wisdom . . .
autumn of the insects

die Weisheit
der NICHT-Weisheit -
Herbst der Insekten

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hatsuyuki ya takuhatsuzoo no ashi akaku

初雪や　托鉢僧の　足赤く

first snow -
the feet of the begging monk
all red

Erster Schnee!
Der Bettelmönch hat
ganz rote Füße!

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taki nagaki miageru ware no takasa to wa

滝長き　見上げる我の　高さとは

long waterfall -
looking up at you,
how tall am I ?

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shizukesa no oto made kiku no Zen no niwa

静けさの　音まで聞くの　禅の庭

I can even hear
the sound of quietness -
Zen garden

Ich höre sogar
die Laute der Stille -
Zentempelgarten

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mijikaki yo me o tojite koso hito mieshi

短き夜　目を閉じてこそ　人見えし

short night -
just closing my eyes helps
me to see people

kurze Nacht -
erst mit geschlossenen Augen
sehe ich die Menschen

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I can even hear
the sound of quietness –
Zen garden

quoted in
HAIKU - THE ART OF DISAPPEARING
BY GABRIEL ROSENSTOCK

World Haiku Review . May 2008


It is always a surprize to find your haiku quoted in books ... and to be told about it by friends later on.
This one, I learned about in Ocotber 2009.


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