KazookuThese previously undiscovered classics by the haiku masters were first published in the Western world by the British haiku journal Presence, in issue #7, July 1998, page 8. They were discovered in June of 1996 by Michael Dylan Welch after a long evening of doing absolutely nothing. + +
Bashō: drainage ditch— the sound of my kazoo falling in
Buson: evening wind— water laps the side of my tin kazoo
Issa: hey, dragonfly that’s my kazoo you’re resting on
Shiki: summer river— beside the bridge, the kazoo player wades through water
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