Haiku of the four seasons

photo by tauhhid
painting (in photo) by Chen Chi

SPRING

little silver fish pointing upstream

moving downstream in clear quick water

photo by tauhhid
painting (in photo) by Chen Chi

SUMMER
what a splendid day! no one in all
the village doing anything!

photo by tauhhid
painting (in photo) by Chen Chi

AUTUMN
nights are getting cold. not a single insect
now attacks the candle

photo by tauhhid
painting (in photo) by Chen Chi

WINTER
the snowy day that closed the schools
opened the doors to let children out


copyrights :
The Peter Pauper Press, Mount Vernon, New York
for "Little Silver Fish" by Soseki, and for "Nights Are Getting Old" by Shiki
from The Four Seasons, Japanese Haiku written by Basho, Buson, Issa, Shiki and many others,
translated by Peter Beilenson.
Copyright © 1958 by The Peter Pauper Press.

The Peter Pauper Press, Mount Vernon, New York

for "What A Splendid Day!" by Shiki, 

from Haiku Harvest, Japanese Haiku Series IV

translated by Peter Beilenson and Harry Behn

Copyright © 1962 by The Peter Pauper Press.

Redmond, Marcus and Shure, Inc., New York
for the adaptation by Bill Martin Jr., as it appeared in The New York Times and other publications,
originally created by Redmond, Marcus and Shure, Inc.