over the fields of
last night’s snow–
plum fragrance.
~Okano Kin’emon Kanehide*
spring rain showers
visit the dailypost.wordpress.com to participate in Krista’s photo challenge, “show us something that is lost, but not forgotten,”
*cited:
Japanese Death Poems
Yoel Hoffmann
fallen to the ground
like those words of old–
glowing leaves
~Inko*
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Steven Carter
the convergence of “ask” to “look it up” within a library setting
visit the dailypost to join Ben’s photo challenge: converge
Who speaks the sound of an echo?
Who paints the image in a mirror?
Where are the spectacles in a dream?
Nowhere at all — that’s the nature of mind!
~Tree-Leaf Woman*
*cited:
Women in Praise of the Sacred
Ed: Jane Hirshfield
This week Xiao Yu offers a photo challenge at The Daily Post: “Not to put too fine a point on it, though this week, we challenge you to show us what “angular” means to you… It might mean the corner on which you live or the intersection of sea and sky at 180 degree angle. Angular also offers a chance to shoot from an entirely new perspective: from above, below, or even from the margins of the fray…”
leaf alone, fluttering
alas, leaf alone,
fluttering…
fluttering down the wind
~Anon.
oh leaves, ask the wind which of you
will be the first to fall.
~ Soseki*
cited:
The Moon in the Pines
Jonathan Clements
early winter —
I thought I was going visiting
but the person has come here
~Buson*
*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Y Sawa & E Shiffert
Mountain temple:
far as the pillow where I lie
the willow sheds its flowers.
~Horoku*
to participate in or view additional images submitted for John Godley’s photo challenge visit The Daily Post.
*cited:
Japanese Death Poems
Yoel Hoffmann
Long long ago, my mother’s tender care,
eagerly I think of it.
Held close within my mother’s clothing
there was a different kind of springtime.
~Buson*
*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Y. Sawa & E. Shiffert
a meditative journey 
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