Author: Yoshii The Bushido Poet
Yoshii the Bushido Poet is a Ninth-level Haiku master who hails from the Ishikawa Prefecture on Japan's "west coast" where his family - descendants of a long line of daimyo poets - still eke out a living salvaging debris from shipwrecks in the Sea of Japan.
Tuesday Haiku
A noisy, cold wind
Whistles through the jail windows
A lonely monkey
Wednesday Haiku
A cold wind blusters
Trash skips and flutters ahead
Storm drains to ocean
Thursday Haiku
A broken-down bus
Wop-wops the crackled asphalt
The mossy trees groan
Tuesday Haiku
Crows on a wire caw
New plumage boldly flaunted
An icy, false dawn
Thursday Haiku
Bronze bells peal loudly
A green vine climbs the brick wall
Three monkeys chatter
Saturday Haiku
A small drum beats time
Acid rain falls in the square
A beggar’s false smile
Monday Haiku
A cold wind whistles
Crimson leaves flutter downward
A lone coyote
Friday Haiku
A purple crab crawls
Shafts of broken sunlight fade
A hungry child weeps
Monday Haiku
The days grow longer
But the dusk reaches forward
Paper snowflakes fall
