Santōka Every Hour
@santokaeveryhour.skalk.id
A fresh Taneda Santōka free-verse haiku every hour on the hour. I am a bot 🤖
📜 Haiku written by Taneda Santōka
📚 Collected by Gábor Terebess (and all his various sources)
📇 Compiled/normalized by @luca-aurelia.bsky.social
🤖 Bot by @skalk.id
📜 Haiku written by Taneda Santōka
📚 Collected by Gábor Terebess (and all his various sources)
📇 Compiled/normalized by @luca-aurelia.bsky.social
🤖 Bot by @skalk.id
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Just learned the CEO of vercel (which hosts this bot) is a bootlicker. This bot will be inactive for a few days while I rewrite it for a different platform.
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No apologies for the interruption ♥️
Just learned the CEO of vercel (which hosts this bot) is a bootlicker. This bot will be inactive for a few days while I rewrite it for a different platform.
No apologies for the interruption ♥️
No apologies for the interruption ♥️
July 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Just learned the CEO of vercel (which hosts this bot) is a bootlicker. This bot will be inactive for a few days while I rewrite it for a different platform.
No apologies for the interruption ♥️
No apologies for the interruption ♥️
the grass so green
I return barefoot
(Translated by Emiko Miyashita and Paul Watsky)
I return barefoot
(Translated by Emiko Miyashita and Paul Watsky)
July 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
the grass so green
I return barefoot
(Translated by Emiko Miyashita and Paul Watsky)
I return barefoot
(Translated by Emiko Miyashita and Paul Watsky)
It's raining in my hometown;
I'm walking barefoot.
(Translated by Takashi Nonin)
I'm walking barefoot.
(Translated by Takashi Nonin)
July 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It's raining in my hometown;
I'm walking barefoot.
(Translated by Takashi Nonin)
I'm walking barefoot.
(Translated by Takashi Nonin)
even in
my iron begging bowl
hailstones
(Translated by Michael Hoffman)
my iron begging bowl
hailstones
(Translated by Michael Hoffman)
July 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
even in
my iron begging bowl
hailstones
(Translated by Michael Hoffman)
my iron begging bowl
hailstones
(Translated by Michael Hoffman)
On the dead
straight road
alone
(Translated by Dennis Keene)
straight road
alone
(Translated by Dennis Keene)
July 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
On the dead
straight road
alone
(Translated by Dennis Keene)
straight road
alone
(Translated by Dennis Keene)
Having come this far I drink water and leave
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
July 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Having come this far I drink water and leave
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
Around me all grasses every one blooming
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
July 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Around me all grasses every one blooming
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
Soaked with rain and sweat,
Plough-horse gets many a scolding.
(Translated by Takashi Nonin)
Plough-horse gets many a scolding.
(Translated by Takashi Nonin)
July 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Soaked with rain and sweat,
Plough-horse gets many a scolding.
(Translated by Takashi Nonin)
Plough-horse gets many a scolding.
(Translated by Takashi Nonin)
The temple's bamboo shoots have become bamboo
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
July 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The temple's bamboo shoots have become bamboo
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
A dragonfly
on my straw hat,
I walk on
(Translated by Alex Fyffe)
on my straw hat,
I walk on
(Translated by Alex Fyffe)
July 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
A dragonfly
on my straw hat,
I walk on
(Translated by Alex Fyffe)
on my straw hat,
I walk on
(Translated by Alex Fyffe)
Doffing my bamboo-hat,
I'm thoroughly wet.
(Translated by Takashi Nonin)
I'm thoroughly wet.
(Translated by Takashi Nonin)
July 14, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Doffing my bamboo-hat,
I'm thoroughly wet.
(Translated by Takashi Nonin)
I'm thoroughly wet.
(Translated by Takashi Nonin)
Something fell on my sedge-hat--
Camellia.
(Translated by Takashi Nonin)
Camellia.
(Translated by Takashi Nonin)
July 14, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Something fell on my sedge-hat--
Camellia.
(Translated by Takashi Nonin)
Camellia.
(Translated by Takashi Nonin)
My monk's robe so torn grass seeds
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
July 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
My monk's robe so torn grass seeds
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
get drunk
you hear all sorts of voices
winter rain
(Translated by Michael Hoffman)
you hear all sorts of voices
winter rain
(Translated by Michael Hoffman)
July 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
get drunk
you hear all sorts of voices
winter rain
(Translated by Michael Hoffman)
you hear all sorts of voices
winter rain
(Translated by Michael Hoffman)
Just as they are weeds sprout
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
July 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Just as they are weeds sprout
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
the deeper I go
the deeper I go
green mountains
(Translated by Michael Hoffman)
the deeper I go
green mountains
(Translated by Michael Hoffman)
July 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
the deeper I go
the deeper I go
green mountains
(Translated by Michael Hoffman)
the deeper I go
green mountains
(Translated by Michael Hoffman)
Morn is about to dawn,
Windows just opened--
Fresh young leaves.
(Translated by Takashi Nonin)
Windows just opened--
Fresh young leaves.
(Translated by Takashi Nonin)
July 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Morn is about to dawn,
Windows just opened--
Fresh young leaves.
(Translated by Takashi Nonin)
Windows just opened--
Fresh young leaves.
(Translated by Takashi Nonin)
further in yet
further in yet
green hills
(Translated by William J. Higginson)
further in yet
green hills
(Translated by William J. Higginson)
July 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
further in yet
further in yet
green hills
(Translated by William J. Higginson)
further in yet
green hills
(Translated by William J. Higginson)
With this body that can die any place spring wind
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
July 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
With this body that can die any place spring wind
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
Seeds of grasses;
My monkish robe
Is so worn!
(Translated by R. H. Blyth)
My monkish robe
Is so worn!
(Translated by R. H. Blyth)
July 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Seeds of grasses;
My monkish robe
Is so worn!
(Translated by R. H. Blyth)
My monkish robe
Is so worn!
(Translated by R. H. Blyth)
The spider spreads his net I affirm myself
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
July 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The spider spreads his net I affirm myself
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
In silence
I put on straw sandals for today.
(Translated by Takashi Nonin)
I put on straw sandals for today.
(Translated by Takashi Nonin)
July 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
In silence
I put on straw sandals for today.
(Translated by Takashi Nonin)
I put on straw sandals for today.
(Translated by Takashi Nonin)
rain falls and falls
walking barefoot
through my hometown
(Translated by Alex Fyffe)
walking barefoot
through my hometown
(Translated by Alex Fyffe)
July 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
rain falls and falls
walking barefoot
through my hometown
(Translated by Alex Fyffe)
walking barefoot
through my hometown
(Translated by Alex Fyffe)
It having survived I'm scratching my body
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
July 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It having survived I'm scratching my body
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
Alone hushed a bamboo shoot grows to become bamboo
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
July 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Alone hushed a bamboo shoot grows to become bamboo
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)