over the fields of
last night’s snow–
plum fragrance.
~Okano Kin’emon Kanehide*
spring rain showers
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*cited:
Japanese Death Poems
Yoel Hoffmann
fallen to the ground
like those words of old–
glowing leaves
~Inko*
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Steven Carter
the sun goes down—
but evening light remains
in the leaves
~Nijo Yoshimoto*
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Steven Carter
the sun beats down
but still autumn is here
in morning dew
~Sanjonishi Sanetaka*
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Steven Carter
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
I cast the brush aside
from here on I’ll speak to the moon
face to face
~Koha*
*cited:
surfing canadian geese…
making waves
in Horsetooth Reservoir
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
leaf alone, fluttering
alas, leaf alone,
fluttering…
fluttering down the wind
~Anon.
though I think
not to think about it anymore,
I do think about it,
and wet my sleeves
thinking about it
~Daigu Ryokan*
*cited:
many paths lead
from the foot of the mountain,
but at the peak
we all gaze at the
single bright moon
Ikkyu Sojun*
*cited:
the amulet
I send with my child
is my heart and only that
let it pass
through all your barriers
~Ono no Chifuru no Haha*
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a meditative journey 
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