The colors of the flowers fade
as the long rain fall,
as lost in thought,
I grow older.
~Ono no Komachi*
*cited:
Women Poets of Japan
Trans: K Rexroth & I Atsumi
art
100 days…64th day
I can no longer tell dream from reality.
Into what world shall I awake
from this bewildering dream?
~Akazome Emon*
*cited:
Women Poets of Japan
Trans: K Rexroth & I Atsumi
100 days…63rd day
In the mountain shade,
water in the moss
drips between rocks.
I feel a glimmer
of clarity.
~Ryokan*
*cited:
Sky Above, Great Wind
Trans: K Tanahashi
100 days…62nd day
Only today left
of spring. My walking
ended it.
~Buson*
*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Trans: Y Sawa & E Shiffert
100 days…61st day
On a mountain slope
Solitary, uncompanioned
Stands a cherry tree.
Except for you, lonely friend,
To others I am unknown.
~Abbot Gyoson*
*cited:
weekly photo challenge: curve
If anyone
is going to my hometown,
send a message that
I have passed
Omi Province.
~Ryokan*
submitted in response to Cheri’s photo challenge “…get inspired by the curves around you…”
*cited:
Sky Above, Great Wind
Trans: K Tanahashi
100 days…59th day
Does that bird
think of past times
as it flies, singing
over the shade in the spring…
of weeping willows?
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
a meditative journey 
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