yesterday ended,
today again there will be an end —
spring is going.
~Buson*
*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Y Sawa & E Shiffert
poetry
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
wet with tears
I cannot speak of
Yudono, but see how wet
My sleeve is with tears.
~Basho*
*cited:
The Narrow Road to Oku
Trans: D Keene
weekly photo challenge: broken
no one home
fallen pine needles
scattered at the door
~Ryokan
This week’s photo challenge: Broken
*cited:
Sky Above, Great Wind
K Tanahashi
peaceful spring
Day by day, day by day, and day by day,
quietly in the company of children I live.
In my sleeves, tiny embroidered balls, two or three.
Useless, intoxicated, in this peaceful spring.
~Ryokan*
*cited:
Sky Above, Great Wind
K Tanahashi
scent of blossoms
on a light breeze,
the heavy scent of blossoms
at morning
~Mitsuhiro*
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
S Carter
horsetooth reservoir
lapping up the
fragrance of immeasurable bliss—
the flavor of bliss
~Tagami Kikusha-ni
as the long rain falls
the colors of the flowers fade
as the long rain falls,
as lost in thought,
I grow older
~Ono No Komachi*
cited:
Women Poets of Japan
K Rexroth & Ikuko Atsumi
a meditative journey 
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