As if nothing had happened
– the crow there
the willow here
~Issa
life’s passages … 32
life’s passages … 31
First snow! I see it young every winter,
Yet my face grows old
As Winter comes. ~ The Diary of Izumi Shikibu*
*cited: Trans: Annie Shepley Omori & Kochi Doi Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan
life’s passages … 30
mountain moon–
father pulls the bell rope
his child prays*
~ Issa
*cited: http: haikuguy.com
life’s passages … 29
Sweet and sad
like love overwhelmed
with long sighs,
out of the depths of the willow
little by little
the moon appears ~Yosano Akiko
moon and venus conjunction
monochrome madness 1 – letter b
a well-read book of haiku submitted for Leanne’s Monochrome Madness challenge: the letter B
life’s passages … 28
monochrome Monday
She is like the Moon, who, opening the gate of Heaven,
goes up over the clouds.
We, being in the same heavenly Palace, pass the night
in remembering the footfalls of the past. ~unknown
lens-artists … warm colors
images submitted in response to egidio.photography lens-artists challenge: warm colors
life passages … 27
Silently
time passes.
The only life I have
submits to its power. ~Hatsui Shizue*
*cited: Trans: K Rexroth and I Atsumi, The Burning Heart
life’s passages … 26
“… Roads take you somewhere you have not yet been or they bring you back to where you were. Some roads lead to the future, some to the past. Then he thought, That is not right. All roads do both. …” Susan Fromberg Schaefer, The Snow Fox . Pg. 182
life’s passages …25
Blow if you will,
fall winds–the flowers
have all faded. ~Gansan*
*cited: Yoel Hoffman, Japanese Death Pomes
life’s passages … 24
At night my sleep
embraces the summer shadows
of my life. ~Oto*
*cited: Y Hoffmann, Japanese Death Poems
a meditative journey 
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