Winter Haiku of Buson

It was cold today in Tokyo; The Sky was low and grey, meguro river looked like dark green slime. I heard that the Hokuriku Area could have big snow tomorrow. In Tokyo we will have cold winter day again tomorrow.  In Tokyo, we hardly ever have snow, just a few days in Jan and Feb. Yes, now it is the coldest season here. In the older days, there were no electricty, no cars, of course .  So the winter season would seem colder than now, and Japan would be a sort of monotone  world.

I like to read Haiku, I enjoy writing it  too :-p,  you do not need to care a lot about the rules. Just tell you what you see and your impressions. Anyway  I will introduce some old Haiku, it is nice to read that people tried to find some beauty in cold the winter. I tried to translate them all, I hope you like them.

This haiku would say a small joy to find a color on a winter mountain. A sort of sigh of life.
Winter mountain
All leaves die down
Only Bamboos looks so green
                           by Soseki Natsume

In winter morning, we can feel how warm Sunshine is.
A round little bird
at winter tree
enjoying winter morning Sunshine
                           by Kijyo Murakami

I like Buson Yosano, his haiku are relax, affectionate picturesque, and humorus.
A very dry tree in winter,
At the moment I ax the tree
a strong green aroma comes out
                           by Buson

This site introduces many good Buson Haiku, here is another winter one, ha ha funny.
This cold winter night,
that old wooden-head buddha
would make a nice fire
                           by Buson

This is the last one he made in his life.
Winter rain on moss
soundlessly recalls those
happy by gone days
                            by Buson

Comments

[Azaryuon Matin]

My name is Azaryuon Matin. I am an haiku peot from Afghanistan. I like to read and write haiku. Here is some my latest winter haikus (winter 2008):

In bad wind
it doesn't shake
frozen grass

***

Black sky
white earth
winter night

***

It was out
all the cold witner night
snow man

Best regards,

[Charles]

観梅に
行くのは無理だ
長い冬

[Jonny]

Oh, I looove the buddha head haiku!!! kekeke

[steve]

sorry i haven't had time to proofread lately...

here's one i wrote in autumn looking at the trees:

old leaves turn brown but
young tips stay green thinking that
good times never end

i tried some supermarket tsukemono the other day, yuk! is there a version of that famous phrase for pickles, like temae zuke? i hope that when you eat tsukemono that you don't eat the pre-packaged brands (shimaya, takanabe). stinky...

[robert]

what?!..alliteration??!! oh curses.. I suck at this...okay, last try. forgive me haiku gods.

monotone colors
ghost white frost frames softly
winter's mute window

poet in distress
trail of broken adjectives
haiku casualty

now I lay me down to sleep, cuz my haikus are not too deep...:(

[robert]

revision. heavens me! I was missing two syllables on that second haiku!!! the rules the rules..I will be banned from Haiku Heaven...

monotone colors
white frost blooms softly
winter's mute window

does that count?

[robert]

grey seattle day
spring in winter rain filled skies
pineapple express

monotone colors
white frost flowers coat
winter's mute window

okay..so I never claimed to be Basho, but I gave it a shot. really enjoyed your choice of Haikus, Mari.
for a moment I almost enjoyed winter..on the happy side it reached almost 60f here yesterday..all that warm moist air from Hawaii.. thank you pineapple express..it promises to get cold again by this evening. :( rain rain go away...