The peaks of clouds
Have crumbled into fragments–
The moonlit mountain.
~Basho (Trans: D. Keene, The Narrow Road to Oku)
Cameron Pass… Nikon D750 f/7.1 1/800 80 mm 125 ISO
Basho
poetry
clouds
Gone down, I thought–
’til the moon emerged again
between clouds
~ Shua
an unexpected encounter
issa
busho
The seventh month–
Even the sixth does not seem,
Like a usual night.
~Basho (D Keene, The Narrow Road to Oku)
horsetooth reservoir Nikon D750 f/5 1/2,000 78m 100 ISO
my heart fades…
While watching
the long rains falling on this world
my heart, too, fades
with the unseen color
of the spring flowers.
~Ono no Komachi (J Hirshfield & M Aratani, The Ink Dark Moon)
Horsetooth Reservoir... f/7.1 239s 62m 100 ISO
lens-artist photo challenge: wonder
in hazy night
stepping into water…
losing my way
~Issa (www.haikuguy.com)
Nikon F750 f/4.5 1/2,000 85m 100 ISO
Water in its many manifestations: clouds, fog, snow, dew-drops, rain, ice, rivers, oceans, waves, mist, falls, glaciers, sprinklers..fill we with wonder.
Submitted in response to lens-artist photo challenge: wonder…a moment, a feeling, a place, a person–which filled you with wonder.
thursday’s special: pick a word in July- y3
summer heat, rising–
in the vacant alleyway
dog days of summer
The word I chose, canicular (pertaining to dog days) submitted in response to Lost in Translation’s Thursday Special: Pick a Word
wyoming
The twilight bell
I waited for
is sounding–
if tomorrow is granted me,
I’ll listen for it again.
~Saigyõ (B Watson, Poems of a Mountain Home)
Wyoming… Nikon D750 f/4.5 1/4,000 85m 100 ISO
issa
mother and children
are separated…
hunted birds
~Issa (www.haikuguy.com)
Nikon D750 f/5.6 1/10s 35m 100 ISO
Abe-no Kakamaro
When I look up at
The wide-stretched plain of heaven,
Is the moon the same
That rose on Mount Mikasa
In the land of Kasuga?
~Abe-no Nakamaro
Wyoming… Nikon D750 f/4.5 1/3,200 85m 100 ISO
thursday’s special: lost in detail
Even if it were not so,
Something unseen,
Suddenly
Starts me awake-struck by
The sound of a bell
~Goshūishū (cited: http://www.wakapoetry.net)
Nikon D750 f/5.6 1/4,000s 42m 100 ISO
Submitted in response to Lost in Translation’s photo challenge
a meditative journey 
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