Thursday 18 September 2008

Haiku of Richard Wright(64)


(photo) a well-brought-up cat

The cat's shining eyes
Are remarkably blue
Beside the jonquils.


猫の光る眼は
びっくりするほど青い
黄水仙のかたはら



(放哉)
どろぼう猫の眼と睨みあつてる自分であつた
the eyes of
the thief-cat
I glared at each other.

■Wright's expressions " remarkably blue" and " beside the jonquils"
are impressive to me. There is contrast between blue and yellow. In Hohsai's haiku Hohsai himself comes. It's humorous.

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