Suchness Haiku

From the nostril
of the Great Buddha comes
a swallow

Issa

…demonstrating again why he's the greatest haikunist ever.


(Photo of giant Buddha statue on the Hill of the Buddha, Sapporo, Japan, courtesy of Unsplash.com and a generous photographer.)

Grass Haiku

Sitting quietly.
Not giving a single fuck.
Grass grows by itself.

– Posted online by a fellow Zen hermit; identity unknown.


(Photo courtesy of Anis Ur Rahman and Wikimedia Commons.)