with feeble steps
the old man
totters by–
to look at flowers
~Issa*
*cited:
The Year of My Life
Trans: N Yuasa
macro photography
just once more, say, “flowers!”
once again, child,
just once more,
say, “flowers!”
in that little voice.
~Rako*
Iris
*cited:
The Year of my Life
N. Yuasa
buds of spring
I never thought to throw
the fresh buds of spring
into this smoke–
and see it rising
pale into the sky
~Issa*
*cited:
The Year of my Life
Trans. N Yuasa
universe in a grain
The beginning of the sustenance of life
Is all in yin and yang.
The limitless can open up
The light of the great limit.
Diligently polished, the mirror of mind
Is bright as the moon;
The universe in a grain
May rise, or it may hide.
~Sun Bu-er*
*cited:
Immortal Sisters
Trans & Ed T. Cleary
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wordless wednesday
macro monday II
The remarkable thing about deja vu, or other vivid experiences of recollection, is that they are vested with significance that we cannot put into words. At an earlier time, whatever happened might have seem important, or it might not. But the recollection is charged with relevance, and tears flow for no reason.
~R. Aitkens
macro monday I
More haze
than the sky could hold?
Today’s rain ~ Oka Kosetsu*
cited in:
Haiku Before Haiku
trans: Steven D. Carter
a meditative journey 
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