creative ramblings & reverie

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Haiku: Bullfrogs

 


Tonight, with headlamps,

neighbors out counting bullfrogs.

Joyful spring chorus!


Frogs are good haiku material, of course, hearkening back to Bashō's famous creation!

(my favorite translation, I think, is the simplest—

The old pond

A frog leaps in.

Sound of the water.



image:  American Bullfrog, In Defense of Animals

             (Shutterstock)

 


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