haiku

These are the haiku used to create the haiku madlibs

In the twilight rain
these brilliant-hued hibiscus -
A lovely sunset

- Basho

From time to time
The clouds give rest
To the moon-beholders.

- Basho

No one travels
Along this way but I,
This autumn evening.

- Basho

In the cicada's cry
No sign can foretell
How soon it must die.

- Basho

An old silent pond...
A frog jumps into the pond,
splash! Silence again.

- Basho

Over-ripe sushi,
The Master
Is full of regret.

- Buson

Blowing from the west
Fallen leaves gather
In the east.

- Buson

The wren
Earns his living
Noiselessly.

- Issa

Winter seclusion -
Listening, that evening,
To the rain in the mountain.

- Issa

Sparrow's child
out of the way, out of the way!
the stallion's coming through

- Issa

Don't weep, insects
Lovers, stars themselves,
Must part.

- Issa

Consider me
As one who loved poetry
And persimmons.

- Shiki

My life,
How much more of it remains?
The night is brief.

- Shiki

Toward those short trees
We saw a hawk descending
On a day in spring.

- Shiki

I kill an ant
and realize my three children
have been watching.

- Kato Shuson

Over the wintry
forest, winds howl in rage
with no leaves to blow.

- Soseki