If I’d heard
so much as
a water rail’s knock,
I’d have opened
the black pine door.
~Izumi Shikibu*
*cited:
The Ink Dark Moon
J Hirshfield & M Aratant
poetry
weekly photo challenge: ephemeral
Although the wind
blows terribly here,
the moonlight also leaks
between the roof planks
of this ruined house.
~Izumi Shikibu*
light prints upon the floor
Krista’s photo challenge for this week is Ephemeral
*cited:
The Ink Dark Moon
J. Hirshfield & M Aratani
photo 101: triumph & contrast
How can I blame the cherry blossoms
for rejecting this floating world
and drifting away as the wind calls them?
~Shunzei’s Daughter*
Triumph…Spring’s Awakening
*cited:
Women Poets of Japan
K Rexroth & I Atsumi
photo 101: hone your eye
Come out to view
the truth of flowers blooming
in poverty.
~Basho*
Revisiting themes during Photo 101’s weekend three as suggested by Cheri and the WordPress.com Team
*cited:
The Sound of Water
Sam Hamill
115
I can no longer tell dream from reality.
Into what world shall I awake
from this bewildering dream?
~Akazome Emon*
115
*cited:
The Burning Heart
K Rexroth & I Atsumi
photo 101: moment & motion
this hot day swept away
into the sea by the
Mogami River
~Basho*
swept away
cited:
The Sound of Water
Sam Hamill
old as autumn
goodbye, I will go
alone down Kiso Road
old as autumn
~Buson*
old as autumn
*cited:
The Sound of Water
Sam Hamill
weekly photo challenge: wall
bitter sundown–
when even dusk fades
from the blossoms
~Takayama Sozei*
fading
Join Cheri’s photo challenge:Wall
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Steven Carter
weekly photo challenge: Orange you glad it’s photo challenge time?
looking, looking
at the mandarin orange…
year’s first calligraphy
~Issa*
tangelos
expresso
Join Michelle’s challenge: Orange you glad it’s photo challenge time?
*cited:
won’t you sing?
Won’t you sing?
I will get up and dance.
How can I sleep
with the timeless
moon this evening?
~Ryokan*
*cited:
Sky Above, Great Wind
K. Tanahashi
weekly photo challenge: reward
Take care now;
I am going for
takuhatsu.
You stay in this
borrowed hut.
~Ryokan*
Join Krista’s Reward photo challenge!
*cited:
Sky Above, Great Wind
K. Tanahashi
men gather in harmony…
There is a peaceful little community
in a place of burned up hopes,
beside the track of dreams
that drifted away,
on the edge of a village
where crowds pass by.
There, men gather in harmony
to graze like sheep and fawns.
On all the beautiful flowers
a sun comes and goes
through the clouds in freedom.
~Mitsui Futabako*
*cited:
The Burning Heart
K Rexroth & I Atsumi
a meditative journey 
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