Green frog in a pond creating ripples, with poetic text overlay and Bashō signature

Bashō-inspired scene: a poet in traditional robes sits with food and sake against misty mountains.

Dark moody image of white moths on grass with a rain-soaked garden backdrop and an overlayed quote

Illustration of a hanging bottle gourd vine with yellow flowers and a seated monk beside rocks.

Green frog in a pond creating ripples, with poetic text overlay

By @base451121 · Mar 21, 2026

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I stumbled across a creation that said: "I only used the haiku, without any additions." I don't know if it could have been a QuickTime piece because I can't find that work anymore. I found a few haikus and started an experiment. Here's my result. 1=ZIT, 2==Flux-2-dev 3=gbt-image-1.5 4=flux-2-dev

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About this image

A close-up of a green frog perched in a calm pond, ripples radiating outward as water gently splashes. The scene blends nature photography with a Bashō-inspired haiku, offering a tranquil, reflective mood and rich natural colors of greens and browns.

A monochrome Japanese ink wash landscape featuring a seated poet in kimono with food and sake, set against misty mountains and a flowering branch. The tranquil, meditative composition blends traditional brushwork with a Bashō quote, creating a serene mood and evoking classic sumi-e and haiku aesthetics.

A somber, atmospheric image featuring white moths on damp grass with a blurred, blue-toned garden background. The elegant serif quote speaks of spring’s transience, pairing nature imagery with reflective mood, making it perfect for poetry and inspirational content about seasons and resilience.

Comments (6)

@base451121 · Mar 23, 2026
Thank you, my dear friend. I didn't even know haiku existed until yesterday, and the fact that someone could create an image with such simple text piqued my interest. So I searched online and asked, "What is haiku?" and came across a page that explained it and showed four examples. I have to admit that the phrase "breathless with vomit" struck me as a bit odd; I suspect there was a translation error. I have no idea! Thank you so much, dearest Cayla, for your kind comment.
@CaylaCatz · Mar 23, 2026
Very cool. Your images are very lovely. I've used haiku as prompts a few times as well. Sometimes the whole haiku as one prompt for one image. Sometimes one line each for an image for a total of 3 images. I even tried it as a video prompt once. Haikus are lovely for prompts because the lines are so concise and yet evoke images. Did it really say "breathless with vomit"??? I just saw that. not what I was expecting in a haiku. laughing.
@CaylaCatz · Mar 23, 2026
I suspect there was a translaton error too, lol. But you have taken to haiku as a duck to water. If you can find it, there's a book called Journey to the North by Basho where he takes a walking journey to northern Japan. Most days he writes a paragraph or two about the places he saw or the people and then he writes a haiku about it. I found it utterly charming.
@base451121 · Mar 23, 2026
I'll look for it. Thank You my dear!