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basho-ki 1998


ALL HAIKU ARE COPYRIGHTED AND ARE PROPERTY OF THE ORIGINAL POETS

 green striped frog
  so patient on rock
  waits for lunch

Wyndnwyre



Green and limber legs
Breaded and pepper-seasoned
Delicious fried frog.

Strohs1777



canvas lilly-pad
water creates indoor pond
frog song surrounds me.

Brephoenix



lilies now showing 
surface aglow in color
rippling from frogs leap

 Dennis



talking to a frog
philosophy doesn't pay
wow what would Sarte say


sad song waters edge
willow weeps deep verdant tears
green tree frog sings blues

Jthserra



Gray stone frog sits still
 watching a winters birdbath.
 No birds are swimming.

LadyGarnet



Coke Friend
Green Froggies
Babs too

Dscspnr2




Two Left Feet

hip-hop dancin' frog
cool daddy pond gigolo,
don't trip on the rug!

Gwgirl3199





waterfall playground
frogs frolic in sprays of mist
dawn springs and glistens

dsofmoon




Ritual rhetoric
Male frog swells
Mate joins syncopation


Oak branch supports
Treefrog's suckling grip
Colors unite


Toadstool pillow
Leapfrog play
Tiny toes cling

C.E. Goulden 




young tadpoles swarming
ripples in a summer pond
high tides of black ink

Michael 




The frog kissed the rain,
imagined them rose-bud lips,
in Fall's early morn.

Amusesing 




Some kissed frogs become
a prince.  Why do all the frogs
I kiss, remain frogs?


I was a frog
He was a frog. We kissed.
He became a prince.
Troubl9721 




Baritone singer
perched on edge of midnight pond
giant leap for frogs

Sensultry 




hot and sultry day
cool water dries on frog's back
a thankful croaking

NOVL Teque 




  breastless, pale, woman
spring marriage, swampsore castle
  kissing frogs reward

J. Rod Pannek 




A HAIKU IN THE FRENCH STYLE

Frog's legs taste better
when eaten to the soundtrack
of crunching haiku!


rainforest burnt down
frogs,evicted from swamplands
concrete garden spies


frog sits in pond
             avoiding Basho!


in the waterbed of night
             frogs!

thom the world poet 





frogs are chewier
wrapped in bazooka bubble
gum inside rubber


when you see that frog
tell him he still owes me ten
dollars and his life


I seek only a
petite baggage-free snake girl
said the lonely frog


to the frog world he
spoke, revealing slime truth and
insect recipes

Diane Fleming 




Dancing Frog

Moon rises.
Blushing frog dances
in delight.

Linda Ross 




a Texas frog haiku:

humid Houston frogs
sing quite loudly from the trees;
who needs an old pond?

Tom Bickley 




The frog's voice rings clear
When the moon lies behind clouds
Waiting for the rain...............

NOVLRedhed 




One frog, two frogs, three,
my God! Four frogs in the pond.
It must be autumn.

Vilvalex Calice 




Communal Shower

I strip and join my
frog brothers in their joyful
homage to the rain.

Christopher S. Soden 




My child’s fingers cling;
The cool, slick body squirms, springs,
Joyous, muddy, free.

Leslie GS 




summer serenade
crickets rub chirping forewings
frog plays rhythm bass

Stazja 




Ice blanket on pond
Spring's breathe scattering stillness
Frog songs erupting

Fionwe 





frog's lonely voice
deflowering silence from
primordial ooze


quarter admission
to small boy's zoo exhibit--
lone frog in box


spring comes
     on the webbed toes
          of little frogs


       singing
in the noonday shower
      happy frog



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