When I look at the moon
I am overcome by the sadness
of a thousand, thousand things —
even though it is not Fall
for me alone.
~Oe no Chisato*
poetry
along…a path
from bare brush
along a mountain path–
the sound of frost
~Shinkei*
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Steven Carter
…crumble in the north wind
brittle autumn leaves
that crumble in the
north wind…
~Takao*
*cited:
Japanese Death Poems
Yoel Hoffmann
fall flowers…all faded
blow if you will,
fall wind–the fall flowers
have all faded.
~Gansen*
*cited:
Japanese Death Poems
Yoel Hoffmann
weekly photo challenge: gone, but but forgotten
over the fields of
last night’s snow–
plum fragrance.
~Okano Kin’emon Kanehide*
spring rain showers
visit the dailypost.wordpress.com to participate in Krista’s photo challenge, “show us something that is lost, but not forgotten,”
*cited:
Japanese Death Poems
Yoel Hoffmann
glowing leaves
fallen to the ground
like those words of old–
glowing leaves
~Inko*
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Steven Carter
light remains…in the leaves
the sun goes down—
but evening light remains
in the leaves
~Nijo Yoshimoto*
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Steven Carter
still autumn is here…
the sun beats down
but still autumn is here
in morning dew
~Sanjonishi Sanetaka*
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Steven Carter
who paints the image
Who speaks the sound of an echo?
Who paints the image in a mirror?
Where are the spectacles in a dream?
Nowhere at all — that’s the nature of mind!
~Tree-Leaf Woman*
*cited:
Women in Praise of the Sacred
Ed: Jane Hirshfield
cattails at sunset
I cast the brush aside
from here on I’ll speak to the moon
face to face
~Koha*
*cited:
canadian geese…surfing
surfing canadian geese…
making waves
in Horsetooth Reservoir
into my heart…
I was alone on a sunny shore
by the forest’s pale blue lake,
in the sky floated a single cloud
and on the water a single isle.
The ripe sweetness of summer dripped
in beads from every tree
and straight into my open heart
a tiny drop ran down.
~Edith Sodergran*
*cited
Women in Praise of the Sacred
Ed: Jane Hirshfield
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