sunday morning with rilke

“And you should not let yourself be confused in your solitude by the fact there is something in you that wants to break out of it.”

~Trans: M. D. Heater Norton (Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet)

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An Elder Dragon

is a tiny Dragon

who never gave up.~James Norbury (Big Panda and Tiny Dragon)

To a melody of prayer

disappears the moon–

my place of rest. ~Hakuni*

*cited: Y Hoffmann, Japanese Death Poems

One of a series of poppy images Cee’s fotd

poppy buds … sleeping … waiting for their awakening.

one tree
one farmer’s field…
evening cool ~Issa*

*cited: haikuguy.com

my temporary shelter—

a pasania tree is here, too

in this summer grove ~Basho*

*cited: An anthology. Jackie Hardy, Haiku Poetry Ancient & Modern

fixing red ink
on the clean copy…
a poppy ~Issa*