A haiku for a cat written by Martine and read in our Utrecht haiku group. Dedicated to the “dojo cat”, that wanders around our dojo – the place where we practice budo – and one time jumped on her bike.
![The "dojo cat" - Japan Fans Utrecht](https://japanfans.nl/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/dojokat-768x1024.jpg)
![🇵🇱 - haiku in Polish for the Japan Fans Utrecht Haiku Group](https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t79/1.5/16/1f1f5_1f1f1.png)
Kot na rowerze
powiedziała: ‘głupi kot’
Kot powiedział ‘miau’
![🇬🇧 - haiku in English, for the Japan Fans Utrecht Haiku Group](https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t2f/1.5/16/1f1ec_1f1e7.png)
A cat on my bike
I said ‘hey, you crazy cat!’
And the cat said ‘meow’
![🇳🇱 - Haiku in Dutch for the Japan Fans Utrecht Haiku Group](https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf7/1.5/16/1f1f3_1f1f1.png)
Een kat op mijn fiets
Ik zei: ‘hé, jij maffe kat’
En de kat zei ‘mauw’
“As a reaction to some Dutch newspaper clippings about the nuisance costed by cats on the streets, I wrote this small and child-like ‘haiku for a cat’. I tried it out in three different languages: Dutch (the language of the country I live in), English (the language shared by most of my friends) and Polish (the language I am learning at this moment)”, Martine explains. “But now, I wish to rewrite it in Japanese as well, of course! Well, who knows, one day… since we started our Japanese study group, I am getting better at it, so…”
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