the colors of the flowers fade
as the long rain falls,
as lost in thought,
I grow older
~Ono No Komachi*
cited:
Women Poets of Japan
K Rexroth & Ikuko Atsumi
Author: brenda
touch of spring
springtime rain,
almost dark, and yet
today still lingers.
~Buson*
*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Y Sawa
weekly photo challenge: enveloped
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spring
The light of the candle
is transferred to another candle–
spring twilight.
~Buson*
*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Y Sawa
flowerless vines
summer mountain–
a world
of flowerless vines
~Issa*
75mm f/7.1 1/30 sec ISO 100
*cited:
out of the depths of the willow
Sweet and sad
like love overwhelmed
with long sighs,
out of the depths of the willow
little by little
the moon appears.
~Tosano Akiko*
5.1 mm f/9.1 1/30 sec ISO 80
6 mm f/8.5 1/20 sec ISO 80
*cited:
Women Poets of Japan
K Rexroth & I Atsumi
peace & gratitude
gratitude expressed, “made this cross for me.”
solitary evergreen
I can no longer tell dream from reality.
Into what world shall I awake
from this bewildering dream?
~Akazome Emon (?-1027)*
solitary evergreen
*cited:
Women Poets of Japan
K Rexroth & I Atsumi
spring…revives the greenery
spring snow
revives the greenery
then goes
~Kawai Chigetsu (1634?-1718)*
“on your left” cyclist’s mantra
*cited:
Far Beyond the Field
Makoto Ueda
beyond…
where the entire
mountain has been trampled
a lady flower
~Uda Kiyoko*
valley of contentment
*cited:
Far Beyond the Field
Makoto Ueda
floating
This body
grown fragile, floating,
a reed cut from its roots…
If a stream would ask me
to follow, I’d go, I think.
~Ono No Komachi*
Horsetooth Reservoir
*cited:
The Ink Dark Moon
J Hirshfield & M Aratani
brick, metal, glass, & wood
even when you grow old
even the mice avoid you–
how cold it is!
~Shiba Sonome*
abandoned factory
*cited:
Far Beyond the Fields
Makoto Ueda
a meditative journey 
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