Haiku

"Don't worry, spiders,

I keep house

casually."

"I'm going out,

flies, so relax,

make love."

"A huge frog and I,

staring at each other,

neither of us moves."

"A cuckoo singsto me,

to the mountain,

to me, to the mountain."

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"Last time, I think,

I'll brush the flies

from my father's face."

"Asked how old he was,

the boy in the new kimono

stretched out all five fingers."

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"Having slept, the cat gets up,

yawns, goes out

to make love."

"Hey, sparrow!

out of the way,

Horse is coming."

"These sea slugs,

they just don't seem

Japanese."

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"Even with insects--

some can sing,

some can't."

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"Children imitating cormorants

are even more wonderful

than cormorants."

"Not very anxious

to bloom,

my plum tree."

"That wren--

looking here, looking there.

You lose something?"

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"The distant mountains

are reflected

in the eye of the dragonfly."

"A world of dew,

and within every dew

drop a world of struggle."

"The dog walks by

with a hat...

fallen leaf."

"O flea!

Whatever you do, don't jump;

that way is the river."

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"O owl!

Make some other face.

This is spring rain."

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"That gorgeous kite

rising

from the beggar's shack."

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"I'm going to roll over,

so please move,

cricket."

"A firefly

creeping up my sleeve.

OK, I'm a blade of grass."

"Singing high ---

A cricket on a log

floating down the river."