[Leaves landing on]

by Kato Gyodai

Leaves landing on
leaves in a pile,
rain falling on rain.

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This translation of a haiku by Kato Gyodai (1732-1792) originally appeared on my old blog MORE: Short Poems on Parade on October 8, 2007.

The Blue Heron, Or Why I’m No Good at Haiku

   after Bill Killen

By the frothy green
and fetid pond
in the morning sun
the blue heron
standing so still
is probably pooping.

A Haiku

by Paul Éluard (translated from the French by Google)

A feather gives to the hat
An air of lightness
The chimney smokes.