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weekly photo challenge: security

spring peace-

a mountain monk peeks

through a fence ~Issa*

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Security

*cited: http://www.haikuguy.com

tangled…in ignorance

Minnows are helpless

Caught in the branches of a tree

Set out to lure them,

So we too are tangled

In the snare of ignorance. ~Lord Toshiyori (Trans: N Yuasa, The Year of My Life)

tangled

I have found…

In this world

I have found

No perfect drop of dew-

Not even on the lotus. ~Issa (Trans: N Yuasa, The Year of My Life)

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tulip tree

A child weeping

Bids me

Pick the full moon

From the sky. ~Issa (The Year of My Life, Trans: N Yuasa)

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wpc: dense

It matters not

What you might say.

Echoes will come

From dead trees. ~Issa (The Year of My Life, Trans: N YuasaJ)

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Soon…the warmth of spring rains will transform bare branches into dense shades of green.

slightly bent…

a lotus stem-

slightly bent-

apt emblem

of this world ~Issa (The Year of My Life, Trans: N Yuasa)

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swinging

Forth

From the bush

Beautiful and bright-

A butterfly!

~Issa (Trans: N Yuasa, The Year of My Life)

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black & white sunday: after and before

A bamboo sprout

Picked too soon-

It would bloom in glory

But for man

~Issa (trans: N Yuasa: The Year of My Life)

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In the above haiku, Issa has written about imaginary blossoms. Yuasa notes that bamboo sprouts are harvested when they are young and soft and that they bear no flowers even if they are left to grow. After: “alternative facts” Before: “imaginary blossoms”

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