From this day forward,
you will be Canadian geese-
may you thrive in peace

100 days…City Park
From this day forward,
you will be Canadian geese-
may you thrive in peace

100 days…City Park
simply for all this,
as if there were nothing else,
heavy wet spring frost
~Issa*

100 days…26th day
*cited:
The Spring of My Life
Trans: S Hamill
Spring wanes,
warbles leave –
blossoms gone, too
~Shinkei*

100 days…25th day
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
Not seen at blossom time
dusk deepening
in green leaves
~Shinkei*

100 days…24th day
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
Bitter sundown –
when even dusk fades
from the blossoms
~Takayama Sozei*

100 days…23rd day
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
Tomorrow! – blooms then,
blossoms I await
on a rainy night.
~Fushiminomiya Sadafusa*

100 days…22nd day
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
Memory returns
to those ancient misty trails
around my village
but neither flowers nor love
bloom there – only my sadness
~Issa*

100 days…21st day
*cited:
The Spring of my Life
Trans: S Hamill
So very gently
it won’t even disturb
the butterfly;
this soft spring wind wanders
over deep fields of irises.

100 days…20th day
Hazy or not,
come out of the clouds,
spring moon!
~Reizei Tamesuke*

100 days…19th day
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
Today, today too
somehow getting by these days, still
living in a haze
~Issa*

100 days…18 days
*cited:
The Spring of my Life
Trans: S Hamill
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