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A blog devoted mainly to haiku and senryu and to thoughts about, and inspired by, haiku and senryu.

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Thursday, December 29, 2011

the lanterns lit

this holiday eve

nobody around

after Hosai (1885-1926)

Monika said...: Il est un peu triste, ce haïku de Hosai...touchant, Bill !; 11:37 AM
Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐 said...: Bill:

Emotionally poignant poem. Its pathos reminds me of Hosai’s haiku below

Tomorrow is New Year’s Day
only Buddha and I will greet it
in this lonely hut

Chen-ou; 6:26 PM
Bill said...: thank you, Monika.

Yes, chen-ou, Hosai is one of the great poets of loneliness.; 6:21 AM
HaikuKelly said...: I had a similar insight over the holiday weekend. So many twinkling Christmas lights strung outside homes. So few cars on the streets.; 1:12 PM
Bill said...: thanks for sharing your experience, kelly (and/or alison); 8:00 PM