Haiku by Kohji Yasui (Japan). Artwork by myself.
This haiku reminds me of Basho's:
Beneath this same roof
prostitutes were sleeping too -
clover and the moon
Yasui san usually writes more stoic haiku like:
Consecration for
a revered spring sky,
just my palm
Yasui san lives in north-eastern region of Japan, where the recent disaster caused enormous damages. I am not sure exactly where he lves and if his life was affected by it. All I know is that he lives somewhere in the countryside like a hermit, never minding socializing with other haiku poets. His haiku book won a prize and through it, I came to know his haiku.
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