All moving things
come to an end:
a knotty willow.
~Enshi*

*cited:
Japanese Death Poems
Y Hoffmann
All moving things
come to an end:
a knotty willow.
~Enshi*

*cited:
Japanese Death Poems
Y Hoffmann
Day 10: For this assignment, I chose to photograph the front entrance of The University Center for the Arts at Colorado State University. This building was built in 1924 and served as the Fort Collins High School until 1995.

half of the body
in a dream; the other half
in summer

hula hoops
Pine mushrooms
live a thousand years
in one summer?

Easterbrook, WY
See and realize
that this world
is not permanent.
Neither late nor early flowers
will remain.
~Ryokan*

*cited:
Sky Above, Great Wind
Trans: K Tanahashi
Coming, all is clear, no doubt about it.
Going, all is clear, without a doubt.
What, then, is it all?
~Hosshin*

*cited:
Japanese Death Poems
Y Hoffmann
at one place
it goes through darkness –
the ring of dancers
~Hashimoto Takako*

Michelle’s photo challenge for the week of Friday, June 24th is : Partners,
“…share an image of partners. A pair, a trio, a sextet; people, building, plants — what ever you choose to shoot, give us subjects that are in tune with one another.”
*cited:
Far Beyond the Field
M Ueda
If anyone
is going to my hometown,
send a message that
I have passed
Omi Province.
~Ryokan*

submitted in response to Cheri’s photo challenge “…get inspired by the curves around you…”
*cited:
Sky Above, Great Wind
Trans: K Tanahashi
walking on, walking on
accompanying memories – springtime,
where have you gone to?

a butterfly flits
about the fishing pole line
spring breeze

Hazy or not,
come out of the clouds,
spring moon!
~Reizei Tamesuke*

100 days…19th day
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
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