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Various haiku, inspired by reading the Classics (Basho, Buson, Issa & Shiki)

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 Haiku, inspired by reading Basho (1644 – 1694)

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 with every gust of wind
a withering look
ball bounces awry

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 awestruck
the mascot child, squints up
to view the stars

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 falling snow
freckles the pitch : pigmentation
and pigs bladder

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 year’s end
new brooms busy away
sweepers resolute

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 Haiku, inspired by reading Buson (1716 – 1783)

7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 a slow game
memories of better matches
valued all the more

8 Leave a comment on verse 8 0 sprinkling the field :
those who asked to play
are immersed

9 Leave a comment on verse 9 0 Haiku, inspired by reading Issa (1763 – 1827)

10 Leave a comment on verse 10 0 even on a small island
ball and foot
look for partners

11 Leave a comment on verse 11 0 a day of haze;
still requires
a cool finish

12 Leave a comment on verse 12 0 Haiku, inspired by reading Shiki (1869 – 1902)

13 Leave a comment on verse 13 0 one nil
two nil
keep trying

14 Leave a comment on verse 14 0 on the sandy beach,
footprints;
drawn together, boxed in

15 Leave a comment on verse 15 0 twenty two labourers
toiling;
spectators comment

Notes

These haiku, inspired by reading the classical Haiku poets, and then with my football cap on, letting my thoughts run away.
All are written in a footballing context.

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/various-haiku-inspired-by-reading-the-classics-basho-buson-issa-shiki/