chasing a butterfly
deep into the spring woods,
I am lost
~Sugita Hisajo*
*cited:
Far Beyond the Field
M Ueda
art
irises
fifth month rain–
in a rain barrel
irises
~Issa*
*cited:
haikuguy.com
to look at flowers
with feeble steps
the old man
totters by–
to look at flowers
~Issa*
*cited:
The Year of My Life
Trans: N Yuasa
just once more, say, “flowers!”
once again, child,
just once more,
say, “flowers!”
in that little voice.
~Rako*
Iris
*cited:
The Year of my Life
N. Yuasa
buds of spring
I never thought to throw
the fresh buds of spring
into this smoke–
and see it rising
pale into the sky
~Issa*
*cited:
The Year of my Life
Trans. N Yuasa
weekly photo challenge: vivid
such quantities of wind
on the floor of a spacious room
summer room–
and still not quite enough
~Issa*
kite day
get your camera out and join in the fun … Vivid
*cited:
The Year of my Life
Trans: N Yuasa
spring is going…
yesterday ended,
today again there will be an end —
spring is going.
~Buson*
*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Y Sawa & E Shiffert
purple fading away
the going of spring!
the purple fading away
from Tsukuba mountain
~Buson*
*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Y Sawa & E Shiffert
passing through
passing through the world
indeed this is just
a shelter from the shower.
~Iio Sogi*
*cited:
The Classic Tradition of Haiku
Ed. F Bowers
in flight
being born
the lowest of the low,
I view cherries at night
~Issa*
*cited:
The Classic Tradition of Haiku
Ed F Bowers
universe in a grain
The beginning of the sustenance of life
Is all in yin and yang.
The limitless can open up
The light of the great limit.
Diligently polished, the mirror of mind
Is bright as the moon;
The universe in a grain
May rise, or it may hide.
~Sun Bu-er*
*cited:
Immortal Sisters
Trans & Ed T. Cleary
weekly photo challenge: on the way
On and on I travel;
Though I fall and die, let it be
In fields of clover.
~Basho*
library day
Within The Narrow Road to Oku, Basho shares his journey through prose as well as haiku… which seems to me to fit this week’s photo challenge: On the Way
*cited:
The Narrow Road to Oku
Trans: D Keene
a meditative journey 
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