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poetry form week 97 , haiku...humor week 103

 

haiku, with 5 7 5 syllabus, which is cool

 

 

初しぐれ猿も小蓑をほしげ也
    はつしぐれさるもこみのをほしげなり
        hatsu shigure saru mo komino o hoshige nari^[15]

Translated: sample 1

the first cold shower
even the monkey seems to want
a little coat of straw

 

 

sample #2, 5 7 5

 

the last hard notes

perhaps the moon will find a smile

some assumed layer of analysis