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Haiku for the twelve months of the year from around the world. |
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Haiku for the twelve months of the year from around the world. |
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Poet: Susumu Takiguchi (Ryuseki) Region: Oxford, England, UK |
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JANUARY Sky |
New Year's Day— the garden without a soul where I stroll aimlessly |
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FEBRUARY Death |
washing my mouth, I realise the water no longer cold |
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MARCH Flight |
each bud, glistening with the overnight rain |
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APRIL Flowers |
called to join, I venture out to admire plum blossom in my pyjamas |
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MAY Land |
some women with bare upper arms— early summer |
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JUNE New Life |
which colours will they turn tomorrow, her hydrangea? |
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JULY Animals |
blurred blue, flying from one branch to another— a kingfisher! |
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AUGUST Time |
summer butterflies— playing music without a sound |
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SEPTEMBER Water |
the autumn mosquito, sitting in the same place as yesterday |
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OCTOBER Loss |
honking geese— Mother is not here for me to say farewell |
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NOVEMBER Aquatic Life |
fewer and fewer people to say hello—winter in the country lane |
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DECEMBER Family |
raindrops on withered twigs, each pregnant with winter moon |
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