Note ~

I had jotted these things about Haiku and Haijins in simple verse ~ These are surely not all Haiku (!). They are little verses on Haiku and Haijin(s). I surmise there is lot of Hai and perhaps a little ku too in them. Japanese knowing readers please pardon these indulgences.

A KOAN ~

If It Is, It Is~
If It Is Not, It Is Not~
It Is A Haiku.~

HAIKU ~ COGNITION ~

The Haiku hovers
free in thin air eager
to be cognized ~
keep an eye an ear a nose ~
feel wade with a large heart ~

A HUMBLE SUGGESTION

If a Haiku refuses you,
take a day or two, try again ~
she may yield now ~

EDIFICATION ~ HAIKU ART

Twirl tweak trip fill kill
gently confuse cool wishfull
sense glows tremors wild ~

THE HAIJIN

One man's Haiku
is another man's
nonsense ~
the smiling Haijin
is a cunning fellow ~

AN OPEN SECRET

Haiku has no creator ~
Haiku are sly jokes
of exalted Gods ~
The Haijin is a thief ~ .

HAIJINS LAMENTATION

If the Haiku makes sense
you don't understand ~
if the Haiku makes no sense
you still don't understand ~

THE CRAZY HAIJIN

When the world sleeps deep
the crazy Haijin wide-awake
hunts sounds and silences
for the missing onji ~

THE EMPTY WAY

When you read a Haiku
either become the invisible Haijin
or else become empty ~

THE ASPIRATION

Allways Haiku aspires ~
you should never get it right ~
then you may get at it a little ~

THE DISCOVERY

Random words collide into
meaning, a Haiku sprouts dear wings~
a soft coolness envelops ~

THE HARSH WAY

I am doing nothing ~
smiling, I pull out a juicy Haiku
catching it by its neck ~

THE GENTLE WAY

The Haiku awaits you
at your doorway ~ invite her in ~
slowly she may unfold ~

A PROVERB

A Haiku a day
keeps the doctor away ~
but the mosquitoes
still have their way ~

THE GREETINGS

Two Haijins meet one day ~
they greet each other well ~
one smiles, the other farts ~

I AM

Tweaked tuned to terrible
precision, words flower fire
re-cognize thunder Haiku ~

AH! WHY HAIKU?

The sonnet is not
my ritual cup of warm tea ~
so this sly Haiku ~

HAIKU  LIGHT

This tiny Haiku
spreads a little light on
this ancient sky ~

THE KIGO ~

falling leaves in snow ~
autumn or winter kigo
Haijin ruminates ~

LUNI WAITING ~

Haijin awaits the moon to
appear from behind the clouds
to close his winter Haiku ~

THE SAMURAI ~

Haijin the Samurai
draws his perfect sword ~
the Bodhisattvas rejoice ~

SELF-DEFINITION ~

I am empty
I am butterfly
I am Haiku ~

THE HAIKU ~ A VOW ~

Playing with the Haiku
we will coax these silent words
shed their hidden glow ~