oh leaves, ask the wind which of you
will be the first to fall.
~ Soseki*
cited:
The Moon in the Pines
Jonathan Clements
nature
weekly photo challenge: dialogue II
on the the shortcut path.
stepping through water to cross
in the summer rains.
~Buson*
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*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Y. Sawa & E. Shiffert
“true” nature
Someone asked, “what is my true nature?”
If you search for your “true’ nature, you grant the existence of a “false” one.
If you make no attempt to define your nature, you will find nothing in it that is not true.*
*cited:
Japanese Death Poems
Yoel Hoffmann
silent sunday
wild geese murmuring…
wild geese murmuring–
are they spreading
rumors about me?
~Issa*
*cited:
silent sunday
fan tucked politely
under her collar: hands busy
picking flowers
~Issa*
*cited:
The Spring of my Life
Kobayashi Issa
Trans: Sam Hamill
wordless wednesday: xxxv
weekly photo challenge: the hue of you
if some great idea takes hold of us from outside, we must understand that it takes hold of us only because something in us responds to it, and goes out to meet it. ~C. G. Jung
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photo friday: nature walk
along this walk
is none but I
this autumn eve
~Basho*
*cited in:
The Moon in the Pines
Trans: Jonathan Clements
weekly photo challenge: inside
Between the slats
of the window
a tiny hand held out
to feel spring rain ~ Torai*
Since it has now been three days of gray skies, drizzling rain, and no wind, inside is an appropriate description of life within Wyoming. While the focus is upon the rain drop, inside the image is a not quite ripe plum.
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*cited in:
The Year of My Life
Trans: Nobuyuki Yuasa
wordless wednesday XIX
a meditative journey 
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