spring snow
revives the greenery
then goes
~Kawai Chigetsu (1634?-1718)*
“on your left” cyclist’s mantra
*cited:
Far Beyond the Field
Makoto Ueda
spring…revives the greenery
poetry
beyond…
where the entire
mountain has been trampled
a lady flower
~Uda Kiyoko*
valley of contentment
*cited:
Far Beyond the Field
Makoto Ueda
floating
This body
grown fragile, floating,
a reed cut from its roots…
If a stream would ask me
to follow, I’d go, I think.
~Ono No Komachi*
Horsetooth Reservoir
*cited:
The Ink Dark Moon
J Hirshfield & M Aratani
brick, metal, glass, & wood
even when you grow old
even the mice avoid you–
how cold it is!
~Shiba Sonome*
abandoned factory
*cited:
Far Beyond the Fields
Makoto Ueda
gate
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
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
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