27 February, 2013

Autumn Mosquitoes

Under the Willow


autumn mosquitoes
buzz me, bite me.... see, I am
long prepared for death


(正岡 子規
Masaoka Shiki
1867-1902)

1 comment:

Hobbes said...

Separated by many years and thousands of miles, I still find the humour of Shiki to be very close to my own. I especially appreciate the Zen overtones in this particular haiku.

The haiga is completed by an appropriately autumnal photograph from my own garden.


Toodlepip,

Hobbes