Long long ago, my mother’s tender care,
eagerly I think of it.
Held close within my mother’s clothing
there was a different kind of springtime.
~Buson*
*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Y. Sawa & E. Shiffert
haiku
weekly photo challenge: silhouette
is it like
a charcoal sketch —
a hazy shadow?
~Toyokuni*
to view additional images or to participate in Cheri’s silhouette photo challenge visit The Daily Post
*cited:
Japanese Death Poems
Yoel Hoffmann
weekly photo challenge: zigzag
mountain moon–
father pulls the bell rope
his child prays*
~ Issa
to view or participate in Ben’s photo challenge “zigzag” visit The Daily Post
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http: haikuguy.com
weekly photo challenge: summer lovin’
on the valley trail
a person walking looks small —
fresh new leaves!
~Buson*
visit The Daily Post to participate in this week’s photo challenge: Summer Lovin’
*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Y.Sawa & E. Shiffert
wild geese murmuring…
wild geese murmuring–
are they spreading
rumors about me?
~Issa*
*cited:
drifting
traveling geese–
the human mind, too
drifts
~Issa*
*cited:
www.haikuguy.com
weekly photo challenge: container
in the box
four or five pennies…
night of winter rain
~Issa*
to view or participate in Ben Huberman’s photo challenge “show us something that contains something else” visit The Daily Post
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weekly photo challenge: relic
a broken dream–
where do they go
the butterflies?
~Ichimu*
visit the DailyPost@Wordpress.com to view additional photos submitted for Donncha Ó Caoimh’s challenge: What images does “relic” conjure for you? A well-worn piece of blue beach glass, the faded pencil markings from a high-school journal, or the curmudgeonly character from the CBC television series, The Beachcombers?
cited
*Japanese Death Poems
Yoel Hoffmann
weekly photo challenge: contrasts
My own shadow
trodden on in the shadows
cooling off
~Buson*
To view additional images submitted for this week’s challenge visit The Daily Post
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Haiku Before Haiku
Y. Sawa & E. Shiffert
weekly photo challenge: extra, extra
ripples on water
mingling with ships and masts
an ever-changing canvas
A reflection of the harbor along Toronto’s waterfront
Visit Dailypost@WordPress.com to view additional images submitted for this week’s challenge: extra, extra
blooming…white
Dandelions blooming – three, three, five, five.
Five, five – yellow. Three, three – white.
Remembering in a former year I left by this path.
~Buson*
*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Trans: Yukisawa and Edith M. Shiffert
fan tucked politely
under her collar: hands busy
picking flowers
~Issa*
*cited:
The Spring of my Life
Kobayashi Issa
Trans: Sam Hamill
a meditative journey 
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