poetry

lens-artists: the sun will come out tomorrow

O Sun that rose in the eastern corner of Earth,

Looking as though you came from under the ground,

When you crossed the sky and entered the deep sea,

Where did you stable your six dragon-steeds?

Now and of old your journeys have never ceased:

… ~Li Po (cited: gutenberg.org)

I did not sleep, gazing at the moon all night
But the dawning of the day
Was in whiteness of hoar-frost. ~Izumi Shikibu (cited: Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan)

the early sun
reaches the valley…
roses of Sharon ~Issa (cited: haikuguy.com)

Anvica’s Gallery is hosting this week’s lens-artist’s photo challenge: the sun will come out tomorrow

cattails at sunset

I cast the brush aside

from here on I’ll speak to the moon

face to face

~Koha*

*cited:

http://www.thegreenleaf.co.uk

initially posted in November 2014

myopia

in seasonal rain

along a nameless river

fear too has no name

~Buson

myopia

images initially posted in November 2016

weekly photo challenge: let there be light!

A full moon!

In the Sacred Fountain Garden

a fish is dancing

~Buson*

Visit The Daily Post at Word Press to view additional photos submitted for this week’s challenge: Let there be light!

*cited in:

Haiku Master Buson

Yuki Sawa & Edith Shiffert

image initially posted in November, 2013

autumn

Do you see that the little night opens
And on the ridge of the mountain, serenely bright,
Shines the moon of a night of Autumn?

~The Diary of Izumi Shikibu*

Autumn image created using: Nikon D750 f/5.6 1/80s 300mm 1600 ISO and Capture One

* (cited: Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan)

thursday’s special: pick a word

still I see them
how they were…
bare winter trees ~Issa (cited: haikuguy.com)

Reposing: quiescent, quiet, still, hushed, rest, calm, tranquil, peaceful, untroubled

Visit Lost in Translation’s and join the Thursday’s Special challenge

lens-artists photo challenge: what a treat

The quiet that follows a snowstorm.

looking delicious
the snow falling softly
softly ~Issa (cited: haikuguy.com)

Yesterday’s snowstorm blanketed the sphere of my world with 17.7 inches of snow…today feels calming, relaxing, and tranquil.

What a treat from Mother Nature.

Time to slow down…What a treat!

Travel and Trifles invites us to share “What a Treat”

gentle silence within autumn’s stilled breath

The late evening crow

of deep autumn longing

suddenly cries out

~Buson (cited: S Hamill, The Sound of Water)

Travel with Intent’s Six Word Saturday challenge

lens-artist photo challenge: communication

Nonverbal communication: It is suggested that 50 to 75% of all communication is transmission through our eye contact, facial expressions, gestures, posture and the distance between people. We also understand messages through variations of body language, distance and physical environments.

In the mountain depths,
Treading through the crimson leaves,
The wandering stag calls.
When I hear the lonely cry,
Sad–how sad!–the autumn is
~Sarumaru (cited: Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)

did others sit here too
waiting for spring?
old tatami mat ~Issa (haiku.guy)

blooming plum–
the voices of children
sound reverent ~Issa (haikuguy.com)

A haiku…is a way in which the cold winter rain, the swallows of evening, even the very day in its hotness, and the length of the night, become truly alive, share in our humanity, speak their own silent and expressive language. (cited: Haiku: Eastern Culture)