Haiku of RICHARD WRIGHT(39)

(Original)
A soft wind at dawn
Lifts one dry leaf and lay it
Upon another.


(Japanese version)
夜明けに優しい一陣の風
枯葉を一枚舞い上げて
枯葉の上に


(放哉）
落葉ふんで来る音が犬であった

(Hosai)
The sounds of
Coming walking across
Fallen leaves―a dog

■The work of Wright has a rhythmic character that consists of "L" sounds for the third time in a row. That of Hosai expresses sounds themselves. What is humorous here is that it was a dog rather than a man that came walking across fallen leaves.