Haiku River Poems

Red hourglasses
drawn thin and narrow waisted
sparkling motes fall...

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Matsuo Basho: English translations of haiku about summer, life, sun, sunshine, sunlight, melons, willows, rain, rivers, hats, shade, sad, sadness.

Such coolness
when shouldered:
the summer’s first melon.
—Matsuo...

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Matsuo Basho Haiku: English Translations of haiku about seasons, spring, rain, moon, flowers, blossoms, wind, river, etc.

Blame the rainy season
for my absence,
old friend Moon.
—Matsuo Basho,...

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babies on her back
     the possum crossed the river
          a log was...

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bear wading in the stream
     bear grabs a jumping salmon          
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severe summer drought
river* water level low
treasure trove revealed

*Mississippi
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winding downward

the winter snow

now a raging river
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                  Spring Hiku 12


  wrens warble on...

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      Spring Hiku 9

 spring sun sets down
	
           sleepy wrens...

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

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large frozen river
a dormant energy trap
sunrays melt release

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a winding river
    traversing through twists and turns
        imitating life
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wind blows the water 
over the debris filled street  
stop sign launched through air  
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sand between the toes 
rising up catching the wave 
fish fleeing past feet 
 
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