Through the years
I’ve become used to sorrow,
there was not one spring
I didn’t leave behind
the flowers.
~Izumi Shikibu*
*cited:
The Ink Dark Moon
Trans: J Hirshfield & M Aratani
blossoms
100 days…35th day
Springtime rain!
Almost dark, and yet
today still lingers
~Buson*
*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Trans: Y Sawa & E Shiffert
100 days…34th day
In a world
of lies – why not blossoms
that don’t fall?
~Sogi*
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
100 days…33rd day
blossoms scatter
never knowing
our regrets
~Ouchi Masahiro*
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
thurs special: park
traveling geese
the city park is home
early spring
While wandering about the city park in Fort Collins, the experience of “being here; yet not here” is reflected within this multiple exposure…
while this image is a telling of park visitors…unseen
submitted in response to Paula’s Thursday Color Challenge: park
early spring
simply for all this
as if there was nothing else
early spring sunlight
100 days…29th day
seasons of time
sweet peas blooming –
seasons of time, echoing
“Mom’s favorite flower.”
100 days…27th day
simply…
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
Spring wanes,
warbles leave –
blossoms gone, too
~Shinkei*
100 days…25th day
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
dusk deepening
Not seen at blossom time
dusk deepening
in green leaves
~Shinkei*
100 days…24th day
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
blossoms I await
Tomorrow! – blooms then,
blossoms I await
on a rainy night.
~Fushiminomiya Sadafusa*
100 days…22nd day
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
spring moon
Hazy or not,
come out of the clouds,
spring moon!
~Reizei Tamesuke*
100 days…19th day
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
a meditative journey 
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