i like to wash,
the dust of this world
in the droplet of dew ~Basho
droplets forming
on the morning-glories
sitting still ~ Issa
Issa and Basho’s words traveling though time, sharing a moment of their lives…two of my favorite poets I share with you through Ann-Christine’s lens-artists challenge. Enjoy.
In a light spring rain
a discarded letter blows
through a bamboo grove ~Issa*
*cited:
The Spring of my Life
Trans: S Hamill
Now I see her face,
the old woman, abandoned,
the moon her only companion ~Basho*
*cited: Trans. Sam Hamill, The Sound of Water
Today, today too
somehow getting by these days, still
living in a haze
~Issa*
*cited:
The Spring of my Life
Trans: S Hamill
in earth and sky
no grain of dust
snow on the foothills
~Chirin
simply for all this
as if there was nothing else
early spring sunlight*
*unknown
Morning haze
jewels of rain, falling
in a dream
delightful, the view
from the gate in the long night…
all four directions ~Issa*
*cited: haikuguy.com
sunset silhouette
leaf-less branches … in the sky
an ink-line painting
Oatmeal, walnuts, sugar
Mother Earth, sunshine, and rain
in my breakfast bowl
During a research project for a sociology class while an undergraduate at San Diego City College in 1982, I was stunned to learn that many enlisted Navy Families relied on Food Stamps to feed their families. I found myself questioning then and again now the justification for service personnel whose lives are on the line for all of us to be experiencing food insecurity.
I recently learned that Navy Federal Credit Union is partnering with Feeding America to get more meals to those in need in the military community. With a little help from augmented reality (AR), you can join them in their mission to help combat hunger for Veteran and military families
The whole world is you,
yet you keep thinking
there is something else.~Hsueh Feng
a meditative journey 
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