the mountain bees, too
yearn to live there…
town of people.
~Issa*
*cited:
nature
summer’s fading
My own shadow
trodden on in the shallows-
cooling off
~Buson*
*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Y Sawa & E Shiffert
summer’s silent gift
My home is quiet.
The cuckoo’s song is silenced
in my quiet home
~Issa*
*cited:
The Spring of My life
Trans: S. Hamill
a voiceless flower…speaks
A voiceless flower
speaks to the obedient
in-listening ear
~Uejima Onitsura
aspen grove
hot night in the trees-
I’m getting used to it
arm for a pillow
~Issa*
aspen grove
*cited:
weekly photo challenge: beneath your feet
the rivers have
an ancient darkness…
cuckoo
~Issa*
Cache La Poudre River’s rocks…inspired by Cheri’s photo challenge: Beneath Your Feet
*cited:
thursday’s special: minuscule
carrying a poppy
in my heart…dwells
Darkness has lifted and
In the sky that is my heart
Dwells the moon–
To the western mountains’ edge
It does, perhaps, draw near.
~The Monk Saigyo*
*cited:
weekly photo challenge: inspiration
just being alive
I
and the poppy
~Issa*
poppy
Christie’s photo challenge: Inspiration is an invitation to ponder, “what is it that moves me?”
Nature inspires me to contemplate the meaning and purpose of life through her
- beauty,
- complexity – simplicity continuum
- consistency
- characteristics of vulnerability intermixed with aggression (did you know poppies have thorns?)
- transience
- interdependency
- natural laws
- photogenic features
- haiku inspiration
*cited:
http://www.haikuguy.com
hot summer days
these hot summer days
continue…but how far away
those days called Long Ago
sweet peas
thursday’s special: gold inside
not shrinking back
from the sunset…
wildflowers
~Issa*
the golden glow of sunset…inspired by Lost in Translation
*cited:
a meditative journey 
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