poetry

weekly photo challenge: joy

The child claps his hands

playing alone, happily

under a festive tree

                    ~Issa*

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The Spring of My Life

trans: Sam Hamill

weekly photo challenge: let there be light!

A full moon!

In the Sacred Fountain Garden

a fish is dancing

                   ~Buson*

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Haiku Master Buson

Yuki Sawa & Edith Shiffert

weekly photo challenge: layers

I raise the mirror of my life

Up to my face: sixty years.

With a s wing I smash the reflection–

The world as usual

All in its place.

                                      ~ Taigen Sofu*

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Japanese Death Poems

complied by Yod Hoffmann

weekly photo challenge: eerie

for the cuckoo I wait

here in the capital beneath the vain skies of hoping ~Buson*

waiting....Toronto airport

waiting….Toronto airport

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*cited in:

The Classic Tradition of Haiku

Ed: Faubion Bowers

weekly photo challenge: saturated

“I’ve waited for you

for a long time” – for your song,

my mountain cuckoo   ~Issa*

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This week, show us a photo of whatever you’d like, but make sure it’s saturated. It can be black and white, a single color, a few hues, or a complete rainbow riot; just make sure it’s rich and powerful. Let’s turn the comments into an instant mood-booster!

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 *cited in:

The Spring of my Life

Trans: Sam Hamill

weekly photo challenge: inside

Between the slats

of the window

a tiny hand held out

to feel spring rain ~ Torai*

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Since it has now been three days of gray skies, drizzling rain, and no wind, inside is an appropriate description of life within Wyoming.  While the focus is upon the rain drop, inside the image is a not quite ripe plum.

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*cited in:

The Year of My Life

Trans: Nobuyuki Yuasa