The last Haiku

Well, it's official, summer is here. The days are blazing and the nights are sweltering, and I find myself in front of a fan or any A/C unit in proximity. To finish off the month of May, which happened to whiz by me, I will end with a few last Haiku to carry us all into June. The first one paints an image relating to the night, I begin with this one hoping that the blanket of the night sky will cool the heat of the day.

A lovely thing to see:
Utsukushi ya
through the paper window's holes
shoji no ana no
the Galaxy.
ama-no-gawa.

Source:
http://nevsepic.com.ua/art-i-risovanaya-grafika/
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A morning-glory  vine
Asagao no
in its full bloom, has thatched
Hana de fuitaru
this hut of mine. 
iori kana.


–Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828)


And I end with a farewell to spring.


"Marvelous!" I say,
Mezurashi to
and with each single thing I see
miru mono goto ni
springtime fades away. 
haru ya yuku.


–Takai Kito (1741-1789)

Source:
http://nevsepic.com.ua/art-i-risovanaya-grafika/
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*From the Anthology of Japanese Literature compiled and edited by Donald Keene.