Winter Haiku Poems

These are English translations of Issa haiku about the seasons: spring, summer, autumn, winter.

Autumn wind ...
She always wanted to pluck
the reddest roses
?Kobayashi Issa translation by...

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The summer pains will
Go away; and once winter breaks
Problems become numb

The snow and cold air
Soothe your sunburns, and the lake
Of your mind freezes in...

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Spectre, South Pole's chills,
Frost clawing at window sills,
Vague fears, old age thrills.......

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frost refracts    m
                   ...

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snow has been  f 
      ...

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 winter

lightning slashed her Heart
tears falling, feet cold crying …
thunder roars laughter 
...

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a jet black crow perched 

in the middle of winter

on an empty park bench
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winding downward

the winter snow

now a raging river
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                  Winter Hiku 13
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alabaster  h a i l
  flees c
              u
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snowflakes float to ground
and then become a blanket;
sleep without a sound....

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spring
my vase is ready
on the broad window sill~
spring rains bring beauties

summer
my vase overflows
on the broad window sill~
sunlight warms petals

autumn
my vase stands silent
on the broad window...

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Snowflakes gently drift
through a brooding sky-

snowmen and puddles....

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sea of white -- one white 
behold the howls the screaming
of callous wind gusts...

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cherry blossoms 
                      ...

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