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The Essential Haiku
The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson and Issa | Robert Hass
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'The Essential Haiku' brings together Robert Hass's beautifully fresh translations of the three great masters of the Japanese haiku tradition: Matsuo Basho, Yosha Buson and Kobayashi Issa.
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GatheringBooks
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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
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Here are some haiku of my own creation! Would love to see any Autumn/Halloween the good people of Litsy come up with!

3 lines
1st line: 5 syllables
2nd line: 7 syllables
3rd line: 5 syllables

Tag me @TobeyTheScavengerMonk and #HalloweenHaiku18

hermyknee Oh how fun! I love this!!! 6y
saresmoore These are excellent. 👌 6y
GondorGirl I love these! 😍 6y
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hermyknee One of the most memorable books I‘ve read with haikus as a part of the fabric of the novel is 6y
DivineDiana @hermyknee I just read that! A beautiful book! 6y
xicanti I came up with three tonight, but one's horribly rude so I'll try to replace it with something nicer before I post. 6y
Cinfhen NEED COFFEE FIRST!! 6y
Cinfhen Yours are fabulous 6y
LeahBergen Awesome! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y
TrishB Great stuff 👍🏻 I‘ll see what my brain can do! 6y
Reggie Sooo good your haikus Nature, season, Lecter all in play. Will write one. (edited) 6y
batsy Love these! I'll see if I can come up with anything that's not completely awful 😁 6y
batsy @Reggie Whoa, nicely done! 6y
Reggie @batsy Oh please. Completely awful? Not anywhere close to where your words live. (edited) 6y
Reggie Omg why can‘t I space right? @batsy 6y
batsy @Reggie Oh stop, you're really too brilliant 😂❤️ 6y
RohitSawant These are awesome! 🙌🏼 6y
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JosephK
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Brie
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I‘m very late with this #winterhaiku post, but thanks for tagging me @DebbieGrillo

I had fun thinking of one. Here‘s my dog playing in the first snow of December. #dogsoflitsy

I haven‘t been on Litsy in the past few days, so tagging anyone who hasn‘t joined in.

Tanzy13 🐶 7y
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BarbaraTheBibliophage
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Thanks for the tag @kspenmoll - it‘s been years since I wrote a haiku. I didn‘t mean to be a bit depressive, but our granddaughter who passed two years ago loved the snow. The first snow every year is bittersweet.

#winterhaiku #firstsnowoftheseason #treasureeverymomentforitcouldbeyourlast

Susanita I‘m so sorry. *hugs* 7y
kspenmoll Barabara, it‘s a lovely expression for her and your loss. Please no apologies- I hope writing it helped in some way, in that moment. The haiku stands on its own; feels universal to me. ❤️❤️💕 7y
Jas16 ❤️ 7y
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Andrea4 Beautiful ❄ 7y
megt ❤️ 7y
Eggs 💕💕💕👏🏻 7y
silentrequiem Lovely. ❤️ 7y
robinb ❤️ 7y
CrowCAH Beautiful! 😊 7y
JacqMac ❤️ 7y
kalinichta Ah, Barbara, that's beautiful. Thank you for sharing. 7y
RohitSawant Beautiful! 7y
Cinfhen That's lovely, Barbara 💖 7y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen Thanks, 💜❤️💙 7y
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Daisey
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This is one of my favorite snowy photos from a Christmas Eve morning several years ago, so I chose it for #winterhaiku inspiration. ❄️

bright, cold, sparkling ice
soft, fluffy, floating snowflakes
beautiful winter

Eggs Lovely 😊 7y
Daisey @Eggs Thank you! 7y
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eanderson
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I‘m a terrible writer and have never been able to pick up how to write haikus. So, this is what I have @robinb 😂 #winterhaiku

Reese trees are good
Reese trees in the freezer
Reese‘s call my name

This may be way off but hopefully I‘m closer than I think! 😂
I tagg @RestlessFickleBookSlut and @Daisey

erinreads Reese‘s holiday candy is the best! The peanut butter to chocolate ratio is always 👌🏻 in them! 7y
AmyG Oooo frozen. I need to try that. 7y
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eanderson @erinreads I 💯 agree with the ratio! This is something I talk about with friends every year! 😂 7y
eanderson @AmyG you won‘t regret it! I promise! 7y
robinb Love this @eanderson ! ❤️❤️❤️ And I need to try the freezer thing too! Yummm! 7y
Daisey I agree completely with this haiku. I often buy an extra bag of Reese‘s trees or eggs to throw in the freezer for later! Now I‘ll have to see if I can write a haiku . . . 7y
TricksyTails I love holidays Reese's! More peanut butter! 7y
Sace Oh my. This might take me a while 😂 7y
LeahBergen 😂😂 Awesome! 7y
Cathythoughts Excellent & I love Reese‘s ❤️🎄🍫🍫 (edited) 7y
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robinb
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Thanks for the tag @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ! Here‘s my #WinterHaiku. 😊🎄

@Andrea4

I‘ll tag @ForeverNerdy and @eanderson . 😊

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love it!!! 💕 7y
Andrea4 Love this!!! 7y
robinb @Andrea4 thank you! 😊 7y
[DELETED] 3803335244 I love this!!! Thank you for tagging me too! ❤️ 7y
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Missusb
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#winterhaiku @Andrea4

Seriously, I think my default writing poetry mode is flippant.

tpixie Fun ⛱ 7y
Andrea4 😂 love it! 7y
Laura317 My favorite so far! 7y
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Andrea4
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So my advent calendar instructed me and my hubby to write each other a winter poem- this is mine. I decided to share it with #WinterHaiku and I'm going to tag a few random people to see if they want to join in the poetry fun!!!
Tag me if you make one- I 💙 poetry!
@llwheeler @Clwojick @TobeyTheScavengerMonk @CAnne @DebbieGrillo @TK421 @Jaberwocky @FantasyChick @BookishTrish

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OwenBanner
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Thanks to @TobeyTheScavengerMonk for the #halloweenhaiku prompt. Here's my submission to Litsy's howling horde of halloween haikus. #happyhalloween #halloween #shocktober

Cathythoughts Great Haiku & pic 👍 7y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk Great creep factor! 7y
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llwheeler
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My contribution to #HalloweenHaiku

Thanks for the tag @Andrea4 !

Cinfhen Very evocative 🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇well ✅ 7y
llwheeler @Cinfhen Thanks! 7y
LeahBergen 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk Thanks for participating! Well done! 7y
llwheeler @TobeyTheScavengerMonk 👍 it was fun, thanks for starting it! 7y
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Andrea4
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Here is my #HalloweenHaiku 🎃🎃 Thanks for the tag @Clwojick 😊

How about it @llwheeler ? Think you have a haiku in you?

Clwojick 😻🙌🙌 7y
monalyisha OooOo I like this one! 7y
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TobeyTheScavengerMonk Very atmospheric! Thanks for participating! 7y
Andrea4 @TobeyTheScavengerMonk thanks! And sorry I hadn't tagged you- I didn't know who had started it all! 7y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk No worries! I‘m just enjoying perusing the results! 7y
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