Spring Rain
haiku
Spring Rain - form Summary
Haiku Framing a Single Moment
This haiku compresses a single, precise moment into three images: spring rain, a leaking roof, and a dripping wasps' nest. Its compact three-line form and the seasonal word spring
function as a kigo, anchoring the scene in seasonal time while juxtaposing human habitation and persistent natural life. The brevity invites readers to supply sound and motion and to notice an uncanny overlap of domestic fragility and insect continuity.
Spring rain leaking through the roof dripping from the wasps' nest.
Translated by Robert Hass
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