butterflies flit
from garden to garden --
walking my shadow
swatting flies...
alone in the attic
on this summer day
standing in
the way of the autumn wind...
my old dog and me
whiskey stains
on One Man's Moon
. . .winter dawn
Frogpond, 35:2, 2012
Poetic Musings: Mother and Ocean Haiku by Kobayashi Issa
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mother I never knew,
each time I see the ocean,
each time --
*The Essential Haiku*, 1995
Kobayashi Issa
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