Grasses in a mist
and water flowing silently,
daylight fading
~Buson*

*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Trans: Y Sawa & E Shiffert
Grasses in a mist
and water flowing silently,
daylight fading
~Buson*

*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Trans: Y Sawa & E Shiffert
Springtime rain!
Almost dark, and yet
today still lingers
~Buson*

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*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Trans: Y Sawa & E Shiffert
The depth of the hearts
Of humankind cannot be known.
But in my birthplace
The plum blossoms smell the same
As in the years gone by.
~Ki no Tsurayuki*

image submitted in response to Lost in Translation’s b&w challenge: timeless
*cited:
walking on, walking on
accompanying memories – springtime,
where have you gone to?

Krista’s photo challenge for May 27th is to “get inspired by the many connotations of the word spare.”
Spare: adjective (Roget’s International Thesaurus)

cattails
Through the years
I’ve become used to sorrow,
there was not one spring
I didn’t leave behind
the flowers.
~Izumi Shikibu*

*cited:
The Ink Dark Moon
Trans: J Hirshfield & M Aratani
If I say
this or that,
how ordinary grief becomes –
broken cries are the words
that sorrow’s voice demands
~Izumi Shikibu*

*cited:
The Ink Dark Moon
Trans: J Hirshfield & M Aratani
a butterfly flits
about the fishing pole line
spring breeze

Springtime rain!
Almost dark, and yet
today still lingers
~Buson*

*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Trans: Y Sawa & E Shiffert
In a world
of lies – why not blossoms
that don’t fall?
~Sogi*

*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
blossoms scatter
never knowing
our regrets
~Ouchi Masahiro*

*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
Morning haze
jewels of rain, falling
in a dream

100 days…32nd day
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