Springtime rain!
Almost dark, and yet
today still lingers
~Buson*

this image is available through Turning Art
*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Trans: Y Sawa & E Shiffert
Springtime rain!
Almost dark, and yet
today still lingers
~Buson*

this image is available through Turning Art
*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Trans: Y Sawa & E Shiffert
The depth of the hearts
Of humankind cannot be known.
But in my birthplace
The plum blossoms smell the same
As in the years gone by.
~Ki no Tsurayuki*

image submitted in response to Lost in Translation’s b&w challenge: timeless
*cited:
walking on, walking on
accompanying memories – springtime,
where have you gone to?

Nothing
in the world
is usual today
Sorrow is…
evergreen

Krista’s photo challenge for May 27th is to “get inspired by the many connotations of the word spare.”
Spare: adjective (Roget’s International Thesaurus)

cattails
Through the years
I’ve become used to sorrow,
there was not one spring
I didn’t leave behind
the flowers.
~Izumi Shikibu*

*cited:
The Ink Dark Moon
Trans: J Hirshfield & M Aratani
If I say
this or that,
how ordinary grief becomes –
broken cries are the words
that sorrow’s voice demands
~Izumi Shikibu*

*cited:
The Ink Dark Moon
Trans: J Hirshfield & M Aratani
a butterfly flits
about the fishing pole line
spring breeze

Springtime rain!
Almost dark, and yet
today still lingers
~Buson*

*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Trans: Y Sawa & E Shiffert
In a world
of lies – why not blossoms
that don’t fall?
~Sogi*

*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
blossoms scatter
never knowing
our regrets
~Ouchi Masahiro*

*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
Morning haze
jewels of rain, falling
in a dream

100 days…32nd day
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