Fishing Haiku Poems

Matsuo Basho: English translations of haiku about clouds, geese, departing, empty nests and huts, lonely, loneliness, drinking alone, sake, longing, loss, death, hawks, the moon,...

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Matsuo Basho: English translations of haiku about winter, snow, snowball, home, fire, children, fun, frost, hail, fish, ice fishing.

The year’s first snowfall;
such happiness to be
at...

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across rippling lake
cousins casting
half blue moon
...

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bear wading in the stream
     bear grabs a jumping salmon          
 ...

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THE BEACH 

sand between your toes 
sun tanners' bath on the beach
swimmers in the sea 

THE PLAYGROUND

children on the swings 
chasing dogs- after squirrels 
chalk...

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when we were wishing
would catch big one while fishing
with a lure swishing...

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hard to read each pun
which will happen upon us
once upon a time

when he was wishing
while line on water swishing
he had been fishing

while at Westminster
really had...

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Calm, clear blue water
Fishing boat in the sunset
Mirror the sky....

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In balletic poise
focused with intense stillness
arc of white light strikes...

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slippery worms and 
smelly fish bait spray all for 
the love of fishing...

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Back to the water,
It all fades and I can breath,
Take me back to peace....

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with bucket in hand 
hoping to catch some big ones 
we're hitting the lake...

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canoes tiny splash
glides on reflective mirror
great for bass fishing...

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moony night fishing
summer breeze herbs aroma
herbaceous evening...

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no pole is needed 
just a bucket for minnows 
and small crawdads too...

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