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
memory returns
nature
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
snowy white dew
snowy white dew–and
above the potato fields,
the River of Heaven
~Issa*
100 days 14th day
*cited:
The Spring of My Life
Trans: S Hamill
this, too, is karma
under the shady trees
resting with a butterfly–
this, too, is karma
~Issa*
100 days…13th day
*cited:
The Spring of My Life
Trans: S Hamill
light spring rain
In a light spring rain
a discarded letter blows
through a bamboo grove
~Issa*
100 days…12th day
*cited:
The Spring of my Life
Trans: S Hamill
tulips blossom
a world of trials,
and if the tulip blossoms,
it simply blossoms
flower gazing
in the midst of this world
we stroll along the edge of hell
gazing at flowers
~Issa
100 days…10th day
blown softly away
Blown softly away
in rustling breezes, spring leaves
fields of new grasses
~Issa*
*cited:
The Spring of My LIfe
Trans: S Hamill
a meditative journey 
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