Does that bird
think of past times
as it flies, singing
over the shade in the spring…
of weeping willows?
art
100 day…57th day
In the peaceful light
Of the ever-shining sun
In the days of spring,
Why do the cherry’s new-blown blooms
Scatter like restless thoughts
~Ki no Tomonori*
cited:
black & white sunday: diagonals
making the lawn
a sit-down tea house…
summer trees.
~Issa*
submitted in response to Lost In Translation’s black and white photo challenge
*cited:
weekly photo challenge: pure
Jen’s photo challenge for this week is to “share a photo of something pure…Pure can convey wholesomeness, something undiluted, or simplicity.”
The fireflies light
How easily it goes on
How easily it goes out again
~Chine-Jo
Sunset
100 days…53rd day
The path is hidden
by Dharma,
invisible,
but memories of you
lead me onward
100 days…52nd day
We meet and we part,
Coming and going hearts like passing clouds
…
~Ryokan*
Sky Above, Great Wind
Trans: K Takahashi
100 days…51st day
On a pitch-dark night road
I get lost
watching the moon
set behind the faraway mountain
~Ryokan*
*cited:
Sky above, Great Wind
Trans: K Takahashi
100 days…50th day
The fields in spring time
Lie trailed with mist
And somewhat sadly
In this evening gloam
A bush warbler, sings
~Otomo no Yakamochi*
*cited:
100 days…49th day
rain falls –
a memory of last year
left by a cloud
100 days…48th day
Morning and evening
I gazed at
incense smoke –
drifting,
remembering…
100 days 47th day
In an old temple
deep in Mount Koya,
Kii Province,
I listen to raindrops
falling from a cedar tree.
~Ryokan*
*cited:
Sky Above, Great Wind
Trans: K Tanahashi
100 days…46th day
Gloriously
Shines the spring sun
A skylark soars
And sad am I,
Alone with my thoughts
~Man’yoshu*
*cited:
a meditative journey 
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