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Seasonal Haiku: A Sampling from Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827)

Winter

Hakuba, Japan
the door latch
rusting scarlet...
winter rain
.かけがねの真赤に錆びて時雨哉


still I see them
how they were...
bare winter trees
.今見れば皆欲目也枯木立


evening of winter rain--
a rice field crane
stands tall
.夕時雨すっくり立や田鶴


Spring

Lake Biwa, Japan
spring begins
as it has deigned to do
for a thousand ages
.初春や千代のためしに立給ふ


spring peace--
after rain, a gang war
garden sparrows
.長閑や雨後の縄ばり庭雀


a shortcut through
the temple with permission...
spring butterfly
.通り抜ゆるす寺也春のてふ

Summer

Mt. Akanagi, Nikko, Tochigi. Japan.
at my gate--
one straw mat
my summer room
.我門や蓙一枚のなつ座敷


tucking her in
out I go...
summer moon
.寝せ付て外へは出たり夏の月


the sky colors
of dawn have changed
to summer clothes
.曙の空色衣かへにけり


Autumn

Mt. Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan.
for the big
chrysanthemum too
autumn ends quickly
.大菊の秋もずんずとくれにけり


autumn rain--
he's just like me
the snail
.秋雨や我にひとしきかたつぶり


the little pine tree
puts on a show...
autumn wind
.松苗のけばけばしさよ秋の風