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Classic haikus hand selected by me (Voidious). From movies, books, famous poets and the like. Many of these are translated from other languages; that's why they might not be the correct number of syllables.


Great Japan!
where a bird sings
the Lotus Sutra
 -- Kobayashi Issa

  (Votes: 44)  This haiku's cool!

our ceremony--
just a lot of noise
to the cuckoo
 -- Kobayashi Issa

  (Votes: 21)  This haiku's cool!

looking, looking
at the mandarin orange...
year's first calligraphy
 -- Kobayashi Issa

  (Votes: 32)  This haiku's cool!

Basho's Death-Day--
the pigeons and sparrows
in their Sunday best
 -- Kobayashi Issa

  (Votes: 27)  This haiku's cool!

even wild roses
of a downtrodden land
reach enlightenment
 -- Kobayashi Issa

  (Votes: 32)  This haiku's cool!

An old pond!
A frog jumps in-
The sound of water.
 -- Matsuo Basho

  (Votes: 47)  This haiku's cool!

Worker bees can leave
Even drones can fly away
The Queen is their slave
 -- Fight Club

  (Votes: 35)  This haiku's cool!

Flowers bloom and die
Wind brings butterflies or snow
A stone won't notice
 -- Fight Club

  (Votes: 36)  This haiku's cool!

Without just one nest 
A bird can call the world home 
Life is your career
 -- Fight Club

  (Votes: 32)  This haiku's cool!


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