its tiny mouth
open.
***
The spring sea rising
and falling, rising
and falling all day.
***
The cherry blossoms fallen-
through the branches
a temple.
***
That snail-
one long horn, one short
what’s on his mind?
***
***
Hass, Robert., ed. The
Essential Haiku. Hopewell, New Jersey: Ecco Press: 1994. p.85-87.
