Haiku by Shiki Masaoka - transcreation

pond thaws
shrimp survives
life is re-born

hamlet dying
in winters arms
a dog howls

funnel haiku

I
autumn stays till
her raindrops permit
winter to peep in edgeways

II
warm days
cool nights
autumn contradicts

III
autumn nip
sweatless bodies
seek heat


* from dusty archives

one summer night...

10.43 pm
resisted temptation
to snatch
mocha moments
from our fate

so why did
i ensure
you didn’t
stop by

and as
you boarded
the 11.50
i saw
you gulped
by an
endless night

starless
moonless
speechless

does distance
keep you safe ?




* retrieved from dusty online archives...