Let the winds of heaven
Blow through the paths among the clouds
And close their gates.
Then for a while I could detain
These messengers in maiden form.~Sôjô Henjô
Hammad Rais’ Weekend Sky
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art
summer flowers
bound homeward under
clear summer skies:
bird feathers, flowers.~Keido*
monochrome blossoms … Cee’s fotd
*cited: Yoel Hoffmann, Japanese Death Poems
sunday morning with Amy Tan
“She holds up the cage with the owl. ‘But now I have a beautiful cat-eagle that can carry with him my new wish. When he flies away, all my old sadnesses will go with him. Then both of us will be free.'”~Amy Tan*
*cited: Amy Tan, The Hundred Secret Senses.
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Twilight watering…
and please,
a cooling sprinkle
for wrens and crickets ~Kikaku*
Hammad Rais’ Weekend Sky
*cited: The Eternal Grasshopper
cmmc – close up
At night in my sleep
embraces the summer shadows
of my life. ~Oto*
Cee’s August’s cmmc: close up or macro
*cited: Y Hoffmann, Japanese Death Poems
a visitor
The whole world is you,
yet you keep thinking
there is something else.~Hsueh Feng
friday with hakuni
To a melody of prayer
disappears the moon–
my place of rest. ~Hakuni*
*cited: Y Hoffmann, Japanese Death Poems
One of a series of poppy images Cee’s fotd
b&w landscape
one tree
one farmer’s field…
evening cool ~Issa*
*cited: haikuguy.com
Sheltering
my temporary shelter—
a pasania tree is here, too
in this summer grove ~Basho*
*cited: An anthology. Jackie Hardy, Haiku Poetry Ancient & Modern
poppy buds
I’ve been wandering for so long …
May I rest for a bit?
I am old and I am bored. I was never very wise and my mind has never walked much further than my feet. Only my forest. My forest … I go back and back to wander there. ~Wang-Wei*
*cited: The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Jade Flute, by Various
a meditative journey 
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