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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Ransetsu #school:Shōmon #school:Setsumon #era:1600s #kigo:spring #kigo:new-year ❖ Source: #BHChamberlain (1902) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku, or use the term "New Year" as a #dailyhaikuprompt! 🖤
元日や晴れてすずめのものがたり [嵐雪] new year's day-- about the sky clearing sparrows gossip (Ransetsu)
January 1, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Issa #school:Nirokuan #school:Kobayashi #era:1800s #kigo:spring #kigo:baby-sparrow ❖ Source: #BHChamberlain (1902) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, or reply in haiku! 🖤 #dailyhaikuprompt
我と来て遊べや親のない雀 [一茶] come play with me--parentless sparrow (Issa)
December 3, 2024 at 10:57 AM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Chiyo #school:Fukuda #era:1700s #kigo:autumn #kigo:morning-glory || source: #BHChamberlain, 'A Handbook of Colloquial Japanese' (1889) || One of the most famous and endearing ku of all time.
朝顔に釣瓶とられて貰い水 [千代] by morning glories the well-bucket taken, i borrow water (Chiyo)
November 23, 2024 at 12:52 PM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Bashō #school:Teimon #school:Shōmon #era:1600s #kigo:autumn #kigo:dragonfly ❖ source: #BHChamberlain, (1889) ❖ In reply to Kikaku's verse: red dragonfly | pluck off its wings: | red-pepper ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, or reply in haikai! 🖤
唐辛子羽根を付けたら赤トンボ [芭蕉] pepper-pod sew on some wings: red dragonfly (Bashō)
November 26, 2024 at 7:19 PM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:anon #school:Teimon #era:1600s #kigo:summer #kigo:cuckoo || Source: #BHChamberlain, 'A Handbook of Colloquial Japanese' (1889) || Painting: Ohara Shōson (c. 1900) || Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, or reply in haikai. 🖤
A painting of a cuckoo with the moon and clouds さてはあの月が啼いたか時鳥 [無名] say what? the moon cried out!? a cuckoo
November 25, 2024 at 1:47 PM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Bashō #school:Teimon #school:Danrin #school:Shōmon #era:1600s #kigo:autumn #kigo:autumn-wind ❖ Source: #BHChamberlain (1898-99) ❖ Based on a Chinese proverb: “Don't speak of other's faults, don't brag about yourself.” ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku, or reply in haiku! 🖤
物言えば唇寒し秋の風 [芭蕉] if i speak my lips grow cold, autumn wind (Bashō) 物言えば唇寒し秋の風 [芭蕉] talk shit cold lips: autumn wind (Bashō)
December 1, 2024 at 11:48 AM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Kikaku #school:Shōmon #school:Edoza #era:1600s #kigo:autumn #kigo:dragonfly ❖ source: #BHChamberlain (1889) ❖ Illustration: Kitagawa Utamaro, 画本虫撰 (Picture Book of Crawling Creatures, 1788) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, or reply in haikai form! 🖤
赤トンボ 羽根を取ったら唐辛子 [其角] red dragonfly pluck off its wings, pepper-pod (Kikaku) Kitagawa Utamaro illustration of a red dragonfly
November 26, 2024 at 12:12 PM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Bashō #school:Teimon #school:Shōmon #era:1600s #kigo:summer #kigo:summer-grass ❖ Source: #BHChamberlain (1898-99) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haikai, or use the topic of war as a prompt! 🖤
夏草や兵どもが夢の跡 [芭蕉] summer grasses— of those warriors' dreams all that remains (Bashō) 夏草や兵どもが夢の跡 [芭蕉] summer grass—traces of dreams of soldiers (Bashō)
November 29, 2024 at 11:10 AM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Bashō #school:Teimon #school:Danrin #school:Shōmon #era:1600s #kigo:spring #kigo:frog ❖ Sources: #Shiki #LafcadioHearn #BHChamberlain #WGAston (1892-1899) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haikai, or use the topic of 'frog' as a prompt! 🖤
古池や蛙飛び込む水の音 [芭蕉] old mere! a frog jumping in sound of water (Bashō) 古池や蛙飛び込む水の音 [芭蕉] old pond--frogs jumping in--sound of water (Bashō) 古池や蛙飛び込む水の音 [芭蕉] old pond-- frog leaps water's sound (Bashō) 古池や蛙飛び込む水の音 [芭蕉] old pond-- a frog hops in splash (Bashō)
December 4, 2024 at 6:35 AM