Matsuo Bashō
Bad Haiku
Haiku #23463
Autumn Landscape


Drop by drop rain slaps the banana leaves.
Praise whoever sketched this desolate scene:


the lush, dark canopies of the gnarled trees,
the long river, sliding smooth and white.


I lift my wine flask, drunk with rivers and hills.
My backpack, breathing moonlight, sags with poems.



Look, and love everyone.
Whoever sees this landscape is stunned.
Haiku #23463
Posted: November 21, 2002 8:27 pm ET
Poet & location: Ho Xuan Huong