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Haikai // Haiku 川 Hokku \\ Hiraku
|| Translations by Dick Whyte ||

俳諧 = haikai = "playful harmony"
俳句 = haiku = "playful verse"

Please play! Cap the hokku to make a tan'renga! Riff on the kigo! Reply in haiku, hiraku, tsukeku, wakiku, hanka, et al.
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New book of #haiku out now by Dick Whyte! 🖤🖤🖤
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It's finally here! My brand new collection of #haikai featuring 200 #haiku written between 2008-2019, and edited earlier this year. Paperbacks and ebooks available now! www.amazon.com/dp/1991310501

#poetry #poems #poem #hokku #booksky
Cover of Dick Whyte's haiku collection, 'Same Old Moon' with an aged moon design, on a black background. haiku by Dick Whyte: in the shape of a missing stone-- autumn rain haiku by Dick Whyte: translating Issa's death poem-- sparrows
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Ryōta #era:1700s #kigo:summer #kigo:firefly ❖ Source: #LafcadioHearn (1900) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku form, or use "cicada" as a #dailyhaikuprompt 🖤
追はれては月にかくるゝ螢かな [蓼太] being chased it hides in the moon . . . a firefly Ryōta (1718-1787) [tr. Dick Whyte]
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Daimu #era:1700s #kigo:summer #kigo:cicada ❖ Source: #LafcadioHearn (1900) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku form, or use "cicada" as a #dailyhaikuprompt 🖤
煮えて居る水ばかりなり蝉の声 [大無] the water just starting to boil, cicadas sing Daimu (tr. Dick Whyte)
November 9, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Taimu #era:1700s #kigo:autumn #kigo:sandpiper ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku form, or use "cicada" as a #dailyhaikuprompt 🖤
淋しさの霧へにじむや鴫の声 [太無] loneliness spreading through the fog— sandpiper's cry Taimu (d. 1774?) [tr. Dick Whyte]
November 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Anon #kigo:summer #kigo:cicada ❖ Source: #LafcadioHearn (1900) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku form, or use "cicada" as a #dailyhaikuprompt 🖤
あの声で露が命かあぶらぜみ [?] with that voice is your life brief as dew? brown cicada Anon. [tr. Dick Whyte]
November 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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It's finally here! My brand new collection of #haikai featuring 200 #haiku written between 2008-2019, and edited earlier this year. Paperbacks and ebooks available now! www.amazon.com/dp/1991310501

#poetry #poems #poem #hokku #booksky
Cover of Dick Whyte's haiku collection, 'Same Old Moon' with an aged moon design, on a black background. haiku by Dick Whyte: in the shape of a missing stone-- autumn rain haiku by Dick Whyte: translating Issa's death poem-- sparrows
November 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Yayū #era:1700s #kigo:autumn #kigo:autumn-cicada ❖ Source: #LafcadioHearn (1900) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku form, or use "cicada" as a #dailyhaikuprompt 🖤
死にのこれ一つばかりは秋の蝉 [也有] among the dead let just one remain, autumn cicada Yayū (1702-1783) [tr. Dick Whyte]
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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New book of #haiku out now by Dick Whyte! 🖤🖤🖤
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🖤 𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗢𝗡: 𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗞𝗨 | 𝗛𝗢𝗞𝗞𝗨 | 𝗛𝗜𝗥𝗔𝗞𝗨 🖤
It's finally here! My brand new collection of #haikai featuring 200 #haiku written between 2008-2019, and edited earlier this year. Paperbacks and ebooks available now! www.amazon.com/dp/1991310501

#poetry #poems #poem #hokku #booksky
Cover of Dick Whyte's haiku collection, 'Same Old Moon' with an aged moon design, on a black background. haiku by Dick Whyte: in the shape of a missing stone-- autumn rain haiku by Dick Whyte: translating Issa's death poem-- sparrows
November 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Kikaku #school:Shōmon #school:Edoza #era:1600s #kigo:summer #kigo:cicada ❖ Source: #LafcadioHearn (1900) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku form, or use "cicada" as a #dailyhaikuprompt 🖤
隣から此木にくむやせみの声 [其角] this tree hated by my neighbor— cicadas sing Kikaku (tr. Dick Whyte)
March 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Anon #era:1600s #kigo:summer #kigo:cicada ❖ source: #LafcadioHearn (1900) ❖ Sometimes incorrectly attrobuted to Bashō ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku, or use the term "cicada" as a #dailyhaikuprompt 🖤
声に皆鳴しまうてや蝉の殻 it cried till it became all voice— cicada shell [Anon] (tr. Dick Whyte)
March 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Teitoku #era:1600s #school:Teimon #kigo:summer #kigo:cicada ❖ source: #LafcadioHearn (1899) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku, or use the term "cicada" as a #dailyhaikuprompt 🖤
山の神の耳の病かせみの声 [貞徳] what ails the mountain god's ears? cicada's voice (Teitoku) [tr. Dick Whyte]
March 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Kyoshi #era:1800s #era:1900s #kigo:autumn #kigo:scarecrow ❖ Source: #LafcadioHearn (1899) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku, or use the terms "scarecrow" or "rain" as a #dailyhaikuprompt 🖤
盗んだる案山子の笠に雨急なり [虚子] stealing the scarecrow's hat, sudden rain (Kyoshi) [tr. Dick Whyte]
March 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:anon #kigo:summer #kigo:cicada ❖ source: #LafcadioHearn (1899) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku, or use the term "cicada" as a #dailyhaikuprompt 🖤
松の木に沁みこむ如し蝉の声 [無名] as if sinking into the pine trees, cicada's voice (Anon) [tr. Dick Whyte]
March 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:anon #kigo:autumn ❖ source: #LafcadioHearn (1899) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku, or use the terms "autumn" or "bell" as a #dailyhaikuprompt 🖤
秋行くと告ぐるにや鐘遠くより [無名] announcing autumn's departure— distant bell (Anon) [tr. Dick Whyte]
March 1, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:anon #kigo:autumn #kigo:moon ❖ source: #LafcadioHearn (1899) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku, or use the terms "gravestone" or "moon" as a #dailyhaikuprompt 🖤
墓にそそぐ水やむかしの月の影 pouring water upon the gravestone— old moonlight (Anon) [tr. Dick Whyte]
February 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:anon #kigo:autumn #kigo:paulownia ❖ source: #LafcadioHearn (1899) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku, or use the term "gravestone" as a #dailyhaikuprompt 🖤
風そよと墓石へ桐の一葉かな [無名] slight breeze above the gravestone . . . paulownia leaf (Anon) [tr. Dick Whyte]
February 27, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:anon #era:1800s #kigo:autumn #kigo:insects ❖ source: #LafcadioHearn (1899) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku, or use the term "insects" as a #dailyhaikuprompt 🖤
ふるさとに父母あり虫の声々 my parents in their home village, insects chirping! chirping! (Anon) [tr. Dick Whyte]
February 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:anon #kigo:spring #kigo:butterfly ❖ source: #LafcadioHearn (1899) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku, or use the term "butterfly" as a #dailyhaikuprompt 🖤
蝶々に去年死したる妻恋し two butterflies . . . last year my dear wife died
February 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:anon #kigo:spring #kigo:frog ❖ source: #LafcadioHearn (1898) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku, or use the term "frog" as a #dailyhaikuprompt 🖤
大空ヘ何か言ひ出す蛙かな [無名] big sky first to say something . . . the frog [Anonymous]
February 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:anon #kigo:spring #kigo:frogs ❖ source: #LafcadioHearn (1898) ❖ Possibly Goun (1699-1772), who was the student of Sakumon Chōsūi. Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku, or use the term "frog" as a #dailyhaikuprompt 🖤
田の蛙水が鳴くかと思ひけり [一笠庵] ricefield frogs “is it the water singing?” i wondered [Ichikasaan?]
February 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:anon #kigo:spring #kigo:blossoms ❖ source: #LafcadioHearn (1898) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku, or use the term "blossoms" as a #dailyhaikuprompt 🖤
花散るや蛙のこゑの香に匂ふ [無名] blossoms scatter— scent of the frog's voice perfumed [Anon]
January 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Otokuni #school:Shōmon #era:1600s #kigo:autumn #kigo:insects ❖ Source: #LafcadioHearn (1898) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku, or use the term "insect" or "fate" as a #dailyhaikuprompt 🖤
虫よ虫鳴いて因果が尽きるなら [川井乙州] insect! insect! crying as if it is possible to exhaust fate [Otokuni]
January 27, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:anon #kigo:summer #kigo:mount-fuji ❖ source: #LafcadioHearn (1898) ❖ proverbial hokku ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku, or use the term "mountain" as a #dailyhaikuprompt 🖤
来てみればさほどまでなし富士の山 [無名] came to see it's not up to much, Mount Fuji [unknown]
January 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:anon #kigo:spring #kigo:frog ❖ source: #LafcadioHearn (1898) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku, or use the terms "frog" as a #dailyhaikuprompt 🖤
田から田へ聲の續くや鳴く蛙 [無名] endless singing from ricefield to ricefield— the cries of frogs [unknown]
January 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:anon #kigo:spring #kigo:frog ❖ source: #LafcadioHearn (1898) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku, or use the terms "frog" as a #dailyhaikuprompt 🖤
船さへも留める堀江の蛙かな [無名] even the boat stopped in place . . . canal frogs [unknown]
January 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:anon #kigo:spring #kigo:frog #kigo:mountain-rose ❖ source: #LafcadioHearn (1898) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku, or use the terms "frog" and/or "rose" as a #dailyhaikuprompt 🖤
山吹のうつる沼水なくかはづ mountain roses reflected in the marsh water, frogs singing [unknown]
January 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM