nu57

Случайно попалась книжка еврейских хайку. Многие дурацкие, но те, что начинаются, как японские, - с магнолий, капель дождя или крыльев бабочки, - смешные; такое дикое сочетание японской и еврейской культур в духе Вуди Аллена. Пятое напоминает мне "эти глаза напротив" от

yulkar. И во всех строго выдержано 5-7-5.

Like a bonsai tree,
your terrible posture at
my dinner table.

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After the warm rain,
the sweet scent of camellias.
Did you wipe your feet?

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Swollen by spring rain
flowing into inky pools,
the varicose vein.

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Filled with guilt about
fly-fishing - offspring of an
interfaith marriage.

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Buying sliced nova,
I feel a whole smoked whitefish
giving me a look.

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A haiku poet?
Go ahead. You can always
fall back on teaching.

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Denmark's Jewish prince -
"To be or not to be - Oy!
Have I got tsuris."

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Manhattan sidewalk -
a Hindu street vendor sells
potato knishes.

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Is one Nobel Prize
so much to ask from a child
after all I've done?

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Sorry I'm not home
to take your call. At the tone
please state your bad news.

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In a stage whisper
a yenta confides the name
of her friend's disease.

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Left the door open
for the Prophet Elijah.
Now our cat is gone.

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Lightbulb out again -
how many of us must meet
to change it this time?

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Monarch butterfly,
I know your name used to be
Caterpillarstein.

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Hidden connection -
starvation in Africa,
food left on my plate.

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SJF seeking
eternal soul mate - must be
a professional.

P.S. Давайте дописывать? На каком хотите языке - я уже начала.