the pear blossoming . . .
after the battle this
ruined house


—Masaoka Shiki (1867 - 1902)

This poem is a foil for Basho's famous "summer grass . . . / those mighty warriors' / dream tracks".

from William J. Higginson with Penny Harter, _The Haiku Handbook: How to Write, Share, and Teach Haiku_, published by Kodansha International. Copyright © 1985
William J. Higginson; used by permission of the translator.

(Handbook, p. 22)

About the author: Shiki (1867-1902) created revolutions in haiku (the name he gave to this kind of poem), tanka, and the personal essay during his short life.

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Responses to the haiku for 20 April 2001 by Masaoka Shiki (1867 - 1902)

  1.  
    bob richardson (orgbob at webtv dot net)
    2003-12-16 09:28:35
     

    thoughts remain
    wedding gift left unopened -

    he called "her" name

  2.  
    Vasile Moldovan (vasilemoldovan at yahoo dot com)
    2004-11-25 10:35:40
     

    On the pear's trunk,
    the creeper and the whirlwin
    climbing together

  3.  
    b. m. richardson (orgbob at webtv dot net)
    2008-08-14 07:03:49
     

    where ripen fruit once weighed down
    pink bloom-filled cherry boughs--
    autumn sunset

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