haiku

watched you without a sound

The leaves of the bush clover rustle in the wind

I, not a leaf,

watched you without a sound.

You may have thought I paid no attention.

                                                                  ~Kenrei Mon-in Ukyo No Daibu*

jamminginoldtown

*cited:

Women Poets of Japan

K Rexroth & I Atsumi

weekly photo challenge: shadowed

We meet and we part.

Coming and going–hearts like passing clouds.

Except for the marks of a frosty-hair brush,

human traces are hard to find.

                                                                 ~Ryokan*

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visit The Daily Post to view or participate in Jen’s photo challenge: shadowed

*cited:

Sky Above, Great Wind

Kazuaki Tanahashi

every face passes by…

cicadas at nightfall–

every face passes by

without speaking a word

                                                             ~Ishibashi Hideno*

faces passing by

faces passing by

*cited:

Far Beyond the Field

Makoto Ueda