(photo) the great gate, in Kohyasan, Wakayama prefecture, Japan
the homeless man
takes off his shoes before
his cardboard house
Penny Harter, US
I was very surprised to read this haiku first. It succeeds to express cultural essence Japanese people have through a homeless man. Most Japanese haiku poets don't think a homeless man is the theme of haikus. In this way, this haiku is new. Actually, I've tried to craft homeless haikus as follows:
feeling deeply moved by
the back of a homeless man―
a sneeze
barefoot sandals of
a homeless man―
Christmas
presenting sake
to a homeless man―
December
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