after it has wilted
its image still stands –
the sun flower
sunflower
unclassified
weekly photo challenge: close up
Ah, for blossoms
to bring gusts of wind
to my summer garden.
~Sogi*
sweet peas
Inspired by Brie’s photo challenge:Close Up
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
S Carter
monochrome madness 2-17 “k”
a study in texture
You are invited to view other images at Leanne Cole’s Monochrome Madness
bloom and fade
This life of ours would not cause you sorrow
if you thought of it as like
the mountain cherry blossoms
which bloom and fade in a day.
~Murasaki Shikibu*
catching rain drops l
this print and others are now available through Fine Art America
*cited:
Women Poets of Japan
K Rexroth & I Atsumi
thursday’s special: traces of the past 02
The iconic Loveland Feed & Grain, built in 1892, is a hub of artistic energy in Loveland, Colorado…well…not “is” but “was”… it is currently closed and shuttered.
Yet, recent traces of The Feed & Grain’s past can be seen at luckybrakelimited.com
Inspired by Lost in Translation’s Thursday’s Special
going, all is clear…
Coming, all is clear, no doubt about it.
Going, all is clear, without a doubt.
What, then, is it all?
~Hosshin*
*cited:
Japanese Death Poems
Y Hoffmann
weekly photo challenge: roy g biv
spring is going…v
Only today left
of spring. My walking
ended it.
~Buson*
*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Y Sawa & E Shiffert
wordless wednesday
passing through
passing through the world
indeed this is just
a shelter from the shower.
~Iio Sogi*
*cited:
The Classic Tradition of Haiku
Ed. F Bowers
horsetooth reservoir
lapping up the
fragrance of immeasurable bliss—
the flavor of bliss
~Tagami Kikusha-ni
spring
The light of the candle
is transferred to another candle–
spring twilight.
~Buson*
*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Y Sawa
a meditative journey 
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