I am a drop of dew
Hanging from a leaf
Yet, I am not unrestful
For on this branch I
seem to have existed
~Izumi Shikibu
haiku
weekly photo challenge: in the background
the dolls I wanted
to put behind me,
but out of the house,
peach blossoms met me ~Ensui
In a new post created for this WordPress photo challenge, share a picture that says In the Background.
this abandoned house
Before I arrived,
who were the people living here?
Only violets remain. ~ Issa
—
This abandoned house
shining
in the mountain village –
how many winter nights
has the autumn moon spent here ~Ono No Komachi
why now?
“But why now?”
You will ask, awake
in autumn night. ~ Nishiyama Soin*
*cited in:
Haiku Before Haiku
Steven D Carter
photo friday: pets
head pillowed on arm,
such affection for myself?
and this smoky moon
~Buson*
*cited in
The Sound of Water
Trans: Sam Hamill
fallen leaves
fallen to the ground
like those words of old –
glowing leaves
~ Inko
*cited in:
Haiku Before Haiku
Steven D Carter
frog ages…observes
In an old pond
a frog ages
while leaves fall ~ Buson*
squatting
the frog observes
the clouds ~ Chiyo*
*The Classic Tradition of Haiku
Ed. Faubion Bowers
photo friday: natural light
In branches dense
with cicadas’ drone —
one autumn leaf ~Shohaku
cees fun foto challenge: road
This week’s Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge is all about Road of any type as long as the road is visible … streets of Dublin, Ireland
On, on I travel
Though I fall and die, let it be
In fields of clover ~Sora*
Along this road
going with no one
autumn evening ~Basho
Shinano road —
how many nights now
that moon on the eves? ~Issa
*cited in:
The Narrow Road to Oku
Matsuo Basho
Trans: Donald Keene
paths of existence
A short night
wakes me from a dream
that seemed so long ~Yayo
My personal musings escort me along paths of existence that often are, for others, unknown dimensions of imaginative conclusions
macro monday I
More haze
than the sky could hold?
Today’s rain ~ Oka Kosetsu*
cited in:
Haiku Before Haiku
trans: Steven D. Carter
cee’s fun foto challenge: texture
young sparrows, get out of the way!
get out of the way!
a great horse is coming by! ~Issa*
—
come play with me!
You, little sparrow
motherless sparrow! ~Issa*
*cited in:
The Classic Tradition of Haiku
Ed: Faubion Bowers
a meditative journey 
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