Monday morning blues

It's rainy outside

umbrellas dance on the street

Monday morning blues

Haiku from Tokyo

A quiet morning
crispy breeze sways pink lilies
still spring in Tokyo

Good-bye America, until next time...

I'll leave this country
when the morning light shines in
I'll keep the memories

—Haiku by Naoko Ishikura

Plaque outside Stanley Coulter Hall, Purdue University

                                                              —haiku made in Chicago, IL by naoko ishikura