Wednesday 27 May 2009

Haiku in English(4)


(photo) azalias, in Matsudo, Chiba prefecture, Japan


In the front of sign-post
on a hot street
a snake halts.


Franno Vlatkovic, Croatia

■It's humorous because the snake apparently could read the sign-post. This haiku indicates the season of summer distinctly by the word a hot street. It's the rare case in the foreign haikus.

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