Chris's Haikus - October 27, 2001

                     The Meter:

                     1 2 3 4   5
                     A-o-i ku-mo,
                 1 2 3 4   5    6 7
                 Ha-i-i-ro no so-ra,
                     1   2 3 4 5
                     Ku-ro-i a-me.

                        Translation Notes:

    niwaka = abrupt          haiiro = the color gray

    ame = rain                   sora = cloud

    aoi = blue                     karui = light

    kumo = sky                  /no/ = sentence particle

Inspiration:
    I was driving to the bookstore to buy a book on the famous haiku poet, Matsuo Basho ( ^_^ ) , when I noticed a small drop of rain hit the windshield. Then about 5 seconds later another, and another and another and again and again.
   What was unusual about this, though, was the sky was blue. I looked around trying to find the source and saw one fairly small gray cloud. Soon I suppose I drove under this cloud, or it came to me, or a little of both, and a 5 minute shower ensued. Did not see rain or even a hint of rain afterwards.
                                                                                                -Chris