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
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
Springtime rain!
Almost dark, and yet
today still lingers
~Buson*

*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Trans: Y Sawa & E Shiffert
In a world
of lies – why not blossoms
that don’t fall?
~Sogi*

*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
blossoms scatter
never knowing
our regrets
~Ouchi Masahiro*

*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
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
simply for all this
as if there was nothing else
early spring sunlight

100 days…29th day
sweet peas blooming –
seasons of time, echoing
“Mom’s favorite flower.”

100 days…27th day
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,
warbles leave –
blossoms gone, too
~Shinkei*

100 days…25th day
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
Not seen at blossom time
dusk deepening
in green leaves
~Shinkei*

100 days…24th day
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
Tomorrow! – blooms then,
blossoms I await
on a rainy night.
~Fushiminomiya Sadafusa*

100 days…22nd day
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
Hazy or not,
come out of the clouds,
spring moon!
~Reizei Tamesuke*

100 days…19th day
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
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