Haiku of the Season

花の陰赤の他人はなかりけり
hana no kage aka no tanin wa nakari keri

Enjoy the season!

Chinese?

Is this Haiku?

lmaooo

Hi Nightstalker ... and everybody else here ...

I wish you all a nice Easter :-)

Japanese.  : )  by Kobayashi Issa

Well maybe not quite the type of imagery we were hoping for....  But it was amusing.

Yes Haiku and Happy Easter to you and everyone!

Interesting! In German it works different. There are only 3 lines and no rhyme. Here an example:

Stromausfall.
In der Wohnung des Nachbarn
spielt jemand Klavier.

Interesting .... In English 5, 7 , 5 and generally about nature or a season.

Rhyming is not necessary.  Though when possible it does add to it.  I appreciate the old Japanese ones.  It is a touch stone to Japanese culture and if you know them you have something in common.

Did you get your power back??? 

短夜をさつさと開く桜かな
mijika yo wo sassa to hiraku sakura kana

popping open
in the short summer night...
cherry blossoms

Isaa

reminiscing past does have a melancholy feel.....      

This one is great. Love it!

And on top of that: It is from a japanese user.

Wait ... do people play chess in Japan?

I heard that shogi is number one and chess is not so popular in Japan.

Is this true?

Thanks a million, @minuskel

I only live in Japan, actually from Scotland. And I haven't met many chess players here at all. Like you said, shoji is number (so yes, true) but even that I only ever (irregularly) see on the television. Having said that, there's a Team Japan club, so must be more...

The first Pawn advances.

The first shot is fired

at the first Pawn.

do you realise a haiku is five syllables then seven syllables then five syllables. 

Like: 

I am so sorry

Please forgive me today thanks

Have a lovely day

Mine was a low-ku.

Your definition was far from complete, by the way. In addition to the 5-7-5 form, a haiku must also contain both a kireji and a kigo.