splashing cool
over a boulder-
pebbles of water
~Sogi*
Haiku before Haiku
Trans. S Carter
overwhelming
my memory-
blossoms at dusk
~Shohaku*
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
how cool it is!
in summer, beneath trees
as if in flower.
~Takayama Sozei*
You are invited to visit Monochrome Madness
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
braids, ponytails
such are the things of the past-
winter’s rose
one by one
ignored by people…
mushrooms
~Issa*
Additional “black & white sunday” images at Lost in Translation
*cited:
ww.haikuguy.com
Oak Street Plaza Park is a hardscape, cobblestone area with cafe tables and chairs where people are invited to enjoy a break from shopping and chat with their friends.
In the summer, children (as well as a dog or two) are fascinated with the water as it jumps from the sculpted “rocks’ or sprits in the air from the cobblestone.
baseball…a slow game symbolizing long summer days is defined by journalist Roger Angell as an ageless sport in which “time is seamless and invisible, a bubble within each player moves at exactly the same pace and rhythm as their predecessors.”*
Inspired by Jen’s photo challenge: Symbol
*cited:
“Where have you gone William Bendix?: Baseball as a Symbol of American Values in World War II”
the rivers have
an ancient darkness…
cuckoo
~Issa*
You are invited to view other images at
Leanne Cole’s Monochrome Madness
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a long hard journey
rain beating down the meadow
like a wanderer’s feet
this print and others are available through Fine Art
all around me
countless dewdrops: what
might they portend-when
those which fall upon my sleeve
are tears…
~The Monk Saigyo
this print and others are now available through Fine Art America
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