From this day forward,
you will be Canadian geese-
may you thrive in peace
100 days…City Park
from this day…
nature
simply…
simply for all this,
as if there were nothing else,
heavy wet spring frost
~Issa*
100 days…26th day
*cited:
The Spring of My Life
Trans: S Hamill
spring wanes
Spring wanes,
warbles leave –
blossoms gone, too
~Shinkei*
100 days…25th day
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
dusk deepening
Not seen at blossom time
dusk deepening
in green leaves
~Shinkei*
100 days…24th day
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
fading dusk
Bitter sundown –
when even dusk fades
from the blossoms
~Takayama Sozei*
100 days…23rd day
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
blossoms I await
Tomorrow! – blooms then,
blossoms I await
on a rainy night.
~Fushiminomiya Sadafusa*
100 days…22nd day
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
memory returns
Memory returns
to those ancient misty trails
around my village
but neither flowers nor love
bloom there – only my sadness
~Issa*
100 days…21st day
*cited:
The Spring of my Life
Trans: S Hamill
deep fields of irises
So very gently
it won’t even disturb
the butterfly;
this soft spring wind wanders
over deep fields of irises.
100 days…20th day
spring moon
Hazy or not,
come out of the clouds,
spring moon!
~Reizei Tamesuke*
100 days…19th day
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
today, today too…
Today, today too
somehow getting by these days, still
living in a haze
~Issa*
100 days…18 days
*cited:
The Spring of my Life
Trans: S Hamill
in my next life, let me be…
How joyous and kind!
In my next life, let me be
a butterfly afield.
~Issa*
100 days…16 days
*cited:
The Spring of My Life
Trans: S Hamill
within each…grow richer
with each lightning flash,
each roll of thunder, me and
the world grow richer
~Issa*
100 days…15th day
*cited:
The Spring of My Life
Trans: S Hamill
a meditative journey 
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