Matsuo Bashō in Spanish Summer

Pinos del Valle, Andalucia, Spain. June 2022. Photo by me.

Alexis and I are currently pet-sitting in the south of Spain. Watching him jump in the communal swimming pool made me want to write a haiku.

Alexis jumping in the communal swimming pool, Pinos del Valle, Spain, July 2022. Photo by me.Splash. Pinos del Valle, July 2022. Photo by me.

As I’m learning and improving my Japanese, I thought it might be fun to try to write it in Japanese.

Here is the haiku:

プールの日 :
アレクシジャンプ
水しぶき...