autumn loneliness
the farmer makes a wife
for his scarecrow
.
This haiku appeared in Haiku News: No: 2 Vol. 33
(First publication in Asahi Shimbun, From the notebook section)
See more of my haiku in Haiku News here
autumn loneliness
the farmer makes a wife
for his scarecrow
.
This haiku appeared in Haiku News: No: 2 Vol. 33
(First publication in Asahi Shimbun, From the notebook section)
See more of my haiku in Haiku News here
Now my scarecrow has a wife! At least in the poem “Autumn loneliness”! Thrilled that my poem is included in the Asahi Haikuist Network, edition 2 November 2012, From the Notebook section! Scroll down slowly, enjoy great poems by poets you know on the way! Click here
I have copied the absolutely wonderful illustration from the Asahi Haikuist Network page in the Asahi Shimbun below, assuming it is OK to do so (I’d be more than happy to remove it immediately, if it infringes any copyright or other rights).
And here is David McMurray‘s reading of the poem:
“Hardworking farmhands in Germany sometimes need help finding partners…”
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Autumn loneliness
a farmer makes a wife
for his scarecrow