Though we are parted,
If on Casper Mountain Peak
I should honor the sound
of the pine trees swaying there –
with the summer breeze.
.
evergreen
100 days…88th day
Shadows from a lingering sun
fade into dark –
falling cherry petals
~Soko*
*cited:
Japanese Death Poems
Y Hoffmann
100 days…72nd day
In town
there are sounds
of flutes and drums.
But in this deep mountain
only a pine rustles.
~Ryokan*
*cited:
Sky Above, Great Wind
Trans: K Tanahashi
100 days…63rd day
In the mountain shade,
water in the moss
drips between rocks.
I feel a glimmer
of clarity.
~Ryokan*
*cited:
Sky Above, Great Wind
Trans: K Tanahashi
100 days…39th day
Nothing
in the world
is usual today
Sorrow is…
evergreen
raindrops
overcome by this cold falling rain:
how very similar, my life
to my old friend’s ~ Buson*
struck by a
raindrop, snail
closes up ~ Buson*
*source:
The Classic Tradition of Haiku
Ed. Faubion Bowers
a meditative journey 
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