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weekly photo challenge: half-light

snow melts 

and the village floods

with children

                         ~Issa

Early spring...floods with the sound of children

Early spring…floods with the sound of children

The early spring’s setting sun united with the sound of children…Half-Light

Posted on March 26, 2016March 26, 2016 by brenda Posted in art, photo challenges, photography, poetry Tagged black and white photo, children, haiku, half-light, issa, poetry, soccer, weekly photo challenge 9 Comments

autumn eve

None goes along this way but I,

This autumn eve.

                                ~Basho*

autumn.jpg

*cited:

A Zen Wave

R Aitken

Posted on December 1, 2015 by brenda Posted in art, photography, poetry, Uncategorized Tagged autumn, Basho, color photography, fall, haiku, matsuo basho, nature

being seen off…

Now being seen off,

now seeing off – the outcome:

autumn in Kiso.

                            ~Basho*

autumn (1).jpg

*cited:

A Zen Wave

R Atken

 

Posted on November 30, 2015 by brenda Posted in art, photography, poetry, Uncategorized Tagged autumn, Basho, color photography, farewell, goodbys, haiku 4 Comments

autumn freckles

Going through the gate,

I am also a wanderer

this twilight in autumn.

                                            ~Buson*

myopia3.jpg

selected images available through Turning Art

*cited:

Haiku Master Buson

Y Sawa & E Shiffert

 

Posted on November 20, 2015 by brenda Posted in art, photography, poetry, Uncategorized Tagged autumn, Buson, color photography, fall, haiku, leaves, season

autumn dusk

being alone

may also be pleasant –

autumn dusk

                        ~Buson*

autumn.jpg

*cited:

Haiku Master Buson

Y Sawa & E Shiffert

Posted on November 19, 2015 by brenda Posted in art, photography, poetry, Uncategorized Tagged autumn, Buson, color photography, haiku, leaves, nature, season 7 Comments

myopia

in seasonal rain

along a nameless river

fear too has no name

                                       ~Buson

myopia

myopia

myopia2

selected images available through  Turning Art

Posted on November 18, 2015November 18, 2015 by brenda Posted in art, photography, poetry, Uncategorized Tagged autumn, Buson, fall, haiku, leaves, myopia, nature, nearsightedness, vision 4 Comments

autumn berries

This dark autumn

old age settles down on me

like heavy clouds or birds

                                               ~Basho*

autumnberries

selected prints available through Turning Art

*cited:

The Sound of Water

S. Hamill

Posted on November 17, 2015November 17, 2015 by brenda Posted in art, photography, poetry, Uncategorized Tagged aging, autumn, Basho, berries, fall, haiku, leaves, nature, season

lit by setting sun

the thunderstorm breaks up,

one tree lit by setting sun,

a cicada cry

                 ~Shiki*

brendakofford_litbysettingsun1x

selected prints available through Turning Art

*cited:

The Sound of Water

S Hamill

Posted on November 16, 2015November 17, 2015 by brenda Posted in art, photography, poetry Tagged color photography, haiku, leaves, light, nature, seasons, shadow, shiki, sun

a single leaf

autumn disrobes

casting off a brocade 

of falling leaves

                              ~Noa

autumnus

You are invited to visit Turning Art

Posted on November 15, 2015November 17, 2015 by brenda Posted in art, photography, poetry Tagged autumn, autumnus, color photography, fall, haiku, nature, noa, season

somehow getting by

Today, today too,

somehow getting by these days, still

living in a haze.

                              ~Issa*

 

summer's ending 1

 

*cited:

The Springtime of My Life

S Hamill

Posted on September 2, 2015September 2, 2015 by brenda Posted in art, photography, poetry, Uncategorized Tagged blossom, color photography, haiku, issa, nature, petal, summer 1 Comment

blossom viewing

home from blossom viewing-

as I disrobe, many straps

cling to my body

                              Sugita Hisajo*

blossomviewing 1

blossomviewing 2

*cited:

Far Beyond the Field

Makoto Ueda

Posted on August 30, 2015August 30, 2015 by brenda Posted in art, photography, poetry, Uncategorized Tagged blossoms, floral, flowers, haiku, japanese poetry, nature, sugita hisajo, summer, women poets

weekly photo challenge: from every angle

evening’s old

summer kimono…

my world

                 ~Issa*

weeklyphotochallengeperspective 3
weeklyphotochallengeperspective 2
weeklyphotochallengeperspective 5

inspired by Shane’s challenge From Every Angle

*cited:

http://www.haikuguy.com

Posted on August 28, 2015 by brenda Posted in art, photo challenges, photography, poetry Tagged from every angle, haiku, issa, nature, perspective, summer, weekly photo challenge 17 Comments

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