XI

”Ah tranquility !

Penetrating the very rock,

A cicada’s voice .”

– haiku by Shizukesa ya

”A heart searching for something,

releasing all,

to the sea .”

– haiku by Ozaki Hosai

”Summer shower—
clutching the leaves of grass
a flock of sparrows.”

– haiku b y Matsuo Basho

”Stillness–
the cicada’s cry
drills into the rocks.”

– haiku by Basho

“Between the waves,

mingling with bright small shells,

bush clover blossoms .”

– haiku by Matsuo Basho

”Whispered message

of each new wrinkle, rejoice!

you are still here .”

– haiku by Annette Makino

”Silence,

a single cicada’s cry,

sinking into stone.”

– haiku by Matsuo Basho

”From now on,
It’s all clear profit,
every sky.”

– haiku by Kobayashi Issa

”The edge of the rock,

here is another caller,

on the moon.”

– haiku by Mukai Kyorai

”The stars too,

sleep on their journey,

upon a rock.”

– haiku by Matsuo Basho

”For winds,

to blow clouds and mist,

from the mountain moon.”

– haiku by Hosokawa Fujitaka