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. | Id | Haijin | Stanzas | Season | Kigo | Link | Theme:
Slow Movement | |
. | 1 | /vs | Oh, little slug,
get moving, go on...
a robin's nearby. | Summer | Slug | To 6: Slug / Ladybug
(insects) | Slug | |
. | 2 | /vs | Chicken dinner was ordered —
will it come before breakfast? | No Season | n/a | To 1: Predatory situation;
Robin / Chiken | Food preparation | |
. | 3 | /vs | Railway crossing —
the other side's lineup
grows longer. | No Season | n/a | To 2: Waiting | Train | |
. | 4 | /vs | Grocery checkout
queue... "price check,
aisle seven!" | No Season | n/a | To 3: Train / Queue | Queue | |
. | 5 | /vs | Rising price of gas —
sidewalks grow familiar. | No Season | n/a | To 4: Prices | Walking (vs Driving) | |
. | 6 | /vs | Stone wall —
the setting sun's shadow
reaches a ladybug. | Sumer | Ladybug | To 5: Rising / Falling | Sunset | |
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. | Technical Notes: | | | | | | | |
. | 1. I wrote this at a time when I was reading some of the haiku of Issa. I was inspired to write in his style, sympathetic to nature's creatures. | | | | | | | |
. | 4. In grocery stores sometimes the bar code reader can't read an item and the clerk will announce on the intercom for someone to rush out to the aisle where the item is to check on what the marked price is. | | | | | | | |
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