The fall of leaves
has left some autumn
on the upper branches
poetry
autumn
No trail to follow
where the teacher has wandered off —
the end of autumn
~Buson*
*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Y Sawa & E Shiffert
oh how I wish they would stay
Tu Fu to Tao-Chien Across the Centuries
Gone in a flash the bright flowers.
Old. How I wish they would stay!
Why can’t these present things
Be back in our younger days?
Drinking – sets free the mind
Writing – unfolds the heart
We would meet, Tao, in this thought
Though we cannot meet in time.
~Tu Fu (712-770)
100 days…98th day
Though we are parted,
If on Casper Mountain Peak
I should honor the sound
of the pine trees swaying there –
with the summer breeze.
.
100 days…97th day
100 days…96th day
If my life
is still together,
I will occupy this hut
under the tree
next summer.
~Ryokan*
*cited:
Sky Above, Great Wind
Trans: K Tanahashi
100 days…94th day
unable to sleep
going out from the cottage –
the summer moon
~ Buson*
*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Y Sawa & E Shiffert
100 days…92nd day
in the mosquito’s
buzz, a thread of thought
begins in my mind
~Takeshita Shizunojo*
*cited:
Far Beyond the Field
M Ueda
100 days…88th day
Shadows from a lingering sun
fade into dark –
falling cherry petals
~Soko*
*cited:
Japanese Death Poems
Y Hoffmann
100 days…87th day
A broken dream –
where do they go
the butterflies?
~Ichimu*
*cited:
Japanese Death Poems
Y Hoffmann
a meditative journey 
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