Four Types of Haiku

Mutso Basho

Flower

under harvest sun

to bird, butterfly.

Yosa Bison

Early summer rain,

houses facing the river,

 two of them.

Kobayashi Issa

Summer night,

even the stars

whispering to each other.

Masaoka Shiki

 A nightfall

a summer moon,

 on the white sail.