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#俳句 #haiku #poet:anon #kigo:spring #kigo:spring-grass || source: #WGAston, 'A Grammar of the Japanese Written Language' (1877)
人にこそ年はよりぬれ春の草 [無名] us humans we age and get older, spring grass (Anon)
November 22, 2024 at 12:08 PM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:anon #kigo:autumn #kigo:fog || source: #WGAston, 'A Grammar of the Japanese Written Language' (1877)
霧の海いづこへ富士はしづみぬる [無名] foggy sea whither has it sunk? mount fuji (Anon)
November 22, 2024 at 10:38 AM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Yayū #school:Shibaku #era:1700s #kigo:spring #kigo:blossoms ❖ Source: #WGAston (1899) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haikai, or use the topics of 'blossoms' and/or 'moonlight' as a #dailyhaikuprompt! 🖤
月花や袋や形は定まらず [也有] this sack of moonlight & blossoms— formless (Yayū)
December 13, 2024 at 1:42 PM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Teitoku #school:Teimon #era:1600s #kigo:autumn #kigo:moon ❖ Source: #WGAston (1899) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haikai, and/or use 'autumn moon' as a #dailyhaikuprompt. 🖤
みな人の昼寐の種や秋の月 [貞徳] the reason everyone's napping— autumn moon (Teitoku)
December 17, 2024 at 3:20 AM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Bashō #school:Teimon #school:Danrin #school:Shōmon #era:1600s #kigo:spring #kigo:wisteria ❖ Source: #WGAston (1899) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haikai, or use the topics of 'wisteria' and/or 'travel' as a #dailyhaikuprompt! 🖤
草臥れて宿借るころや藤の花 [芭蕉] worn out time to find an inn— wisterias (Bashō)
December 19, 2024 at 8:00 PM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:kikaku #school:shōmon #school:edoza #era:1600s #kigo:summer #kigo:summer-rain || source: #WGAston, 'A Grammar of the Japanese Written Language' (1877) [1693]
夕立や田を見めぐりの神ならば [其角] if there's a god watching over the ricefields— summer shower (Kikaku)
November 22, 2024 at 9:36 PM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Bashō #school:Teimon #school:Danrin #school:Shōmon #era:1600s #kigo:autumn #kigo:dew #kigo:bush-clover ❖ Source: #WGAston (1899) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haikai, or use the topics of 'dew' or 'clover' as prompts! 🖤
白露もこぼさぬ萩のうねり哉 [芭蕉] white dew not one drop spilled . . . swaying clover (Bashō)
December 12, 2024 at 12:56 AM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Bashō #school:Teimon #school:Danrin #school:Shōmon #era:1600s #kigo:autumn #kigo:moon ❖ Source: #WGAston (1899) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haikai, or use the topics of 'moon' and/or 'temple' as a #dailyhaikuprompt! 🖤
井寺の門敲かばや今日の月 [芭蕉] let's go knock on the gates of Mii temple— tonight's moon (Bashō)
December 24, 2024 at 9:26 AM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Bashō #school:Teimon #school:Danrin #school:Shōmon #era:1600s #kigo:spring #kigo:blossoms ❖ Source: #WGAston (1899) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haikai, or use the topic of 'blossoms' as a prompt! 🖤
花の雲鐘は上野か浅草か [芭蕉] blossom cloud is the bell from Ueno? Asakusa? (Bashō)
December 10, 2024 at 10:55 AM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Bashō #school:Teimon #school:Danrin #school:Shōmon #era:1600s #kigo:winter #kigo:first-snow ❖ Source: #WGAston (1899) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haikai, or use the topic of 'first snow' as a prompt! 🖤 #dailyhaikuprompt
初雪や水仙の葉のたわむ迄 [芭蕉] first snow— just enough to bend daffodil leaves (Bashō)
November 30, 2024 at 7:25 PM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Bashō #school:Teimon #school:Danrin #school:Shōmon #era:1600s #kigo:summer #kigo:cicada ❖ Source: #WGAston (1899) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haikai, or use the topics of 'cicada' and/or 'death' as a #dailyhaikuprompt! 🖤
やがて死ぬけしきは見えず蝉の声 [芭蕉] no clue they're already dying, cicadas chirp (Bashō) やがて死ぬけしきは見えず蝉の声 [芭蕉] soon to die but showing no sign of it, cicada's cry (Bashō)
December 22, 2024 at 11:17 PM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Chiyo #school:Fukuda #era:1700s #kigo:autumn #kigo:third-day-moon ❖ Source: #WGAston (1899) ❖ Sometimes incorrectly attributed Bashō ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haikai, or use the topic of the 'crescent moon' as a prompt! 🖤
三日月の頃より待ちし今宵かな [千代] third moon since then i waited . . . until tonight (Chiyo)
December 4, 2024 at 10:13 PM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Ukihashi #era:1600s #kigo:summer #kigo:mosquito ❖ Source: #WGAston (1899) ❖ Often misattributed to Chiyo ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haikai, or use the topics of 'mosquito' or 'love' as a #dailyhaikuprompt! 🖤
起きて見つ寝て見つ蚊帳の広さかな [浮橋] felt whether waking or sleeping . . . bed's width (Ukihashi) 起きて見つ寝て見つ蚊帳の広さかな [浮橋] awake, asleep the mosquito net . . . so wide (Ukihashi)
December 14, 2024 at 3:45 AM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Moritake #school:early-haikai #era:1500s #kigo:spring #kigo:blossoms #kigo:butterfly ❖ Source: #WGAston (1899) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku, or use the terms "blossom" and/or "butterfly" as a #dailyhaikuprompt! 🖤
落花枝にかへると見れば胡蝶哉 [守武] fallen blossoms return to the branch, look . . . butterflies! (Moritake) 落花枝にかへると見れば胡蝶哉 [守武] as if a blossom returned to the branch . . . a butterfly! (Moritake)
December 25, 2024 at 11:55 PM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Bashō #school:Teimon #school:Danrin #school:Shōmon #era:1600s #kigo:autumn #kigo:autumn-dusk ❖ Source: #WGAston (1899) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haikai, or use the topics of 'autumn' and/or 'dusk' as a #dailyhaikuprompt! 🖤
かれ朶に烏のとまりけり秋の暮 [芭蕉] on a dead branch the crow has perched, autumn dusk (Bashō) かれ朶に烏のとまりけり秋の暮 [芭蕉] crows alight on a withered branch, autumn sunset (Bashō)
December 18, 2024 at 2:44 AM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Sōkan #school:early-haikai #era:1500s #kigo:autumn #kigo:moon ❖ Source: #WGAston, 'A History of Japanese Literature' (1899) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku, or use the terms "moon" and/or "rain" as a prompt! 🖤 #haikaiprompt
傘を着ば雨にも出でよ夜半の月 [宗鑑] with an umbrella come out in the rain too, midnight moon (Sōkan) 傘を着ば雨にも出でよ夜半の月 [宗鑑] rain's no bother if you bring an umbrella, midnight moon (Sōkan)
December 2, 2024 at 11:45 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
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Kikaku #school:Shōmon #school:Edoza #era:1600s #kigo:winter #kigo:first-snow ❖ Source: #WGAston, 'A History of Japanese Literature' (1899) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, or reply in haikai form! 🖤 #dailyhaikuprompt
初雪や内に居さうな人は誰 [其角] first snow--what kind of person sits indoors? (Kikaku) 初雪や内に居さうな人は誰 [其角] first snow-- someone stays inside who is it?! (Kikaku)
November 29, 2024 at 9:13 PM