Haiku Archive

Peter's Haiku for the Seasons...
and a few other topics...

Roma - Autumn Equinox 2002

Ancient columns stand
First rain falls -- fine autumn mist
over two thousand years


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 Net once filled with stars.
 On the branch a cardinal sings
 I lay listening.
 
 PF 9jun2001
 
 the webmaster asks
 does Andrew have some photos
 for this June project?
 
 or will it become
 a July experience...
 either way is fine!


 Ah, it is spring,
 Great spring it is now,
 Great, great spring --
 Ah, great --

 Basho (1644-94)


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Haiku for Typographers

serifs are all wrong
spacing is terrible too
out out you damned font


Of course, a true haiku should have a reference to nature and the season...

like a ruined leaf
under the winter's long snow
this type looks like hell

or

pied drawer of type
a reminder of the stones
on my garden path

Spring 2002

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 Dedicated to Wm. Blake -- on viewing an image of 10000 galaxies in a Hubble Photo


 A thousand galaxies
 in a grain of summer sand.
 How can I sleep now?

 pf

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Warm October Eve
With my cup of steaming tea
A beautiful smile...


Urbana, Illinois
24 Oct 2000

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here's the haiku for spring 2001
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Under the sodden snow
The spring rains of March become
brilliant crocuses


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Binary millennium
all ones and zeroes
after many snows a thaw.

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Of course, 10101 is '21' decimal... Happy 2001!

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Last full moon of Spring
All night long the cricket sings
I gaze to the West 


A new haiku for summer 2001.... (by the ancient poet -- me)


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spring puddle splashes:
my sandal a tiny lake
as I walk to town.

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forsythia blooms
finding with slender fingers
the yellow blossom

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in the brilliant sun 
the long hot road finds comfort
with the right sandal



©2002 Peter Fraterdeus

the wiki admin
comes on this grey winter day
to probe security