pine

escaping the heat

Hearts are one

in the cool shade

of a single pine.

~Gyojo (S Carter, Haiku before Haiku)

escapingtheheat

Shadows from a lingering sun

fade into dark –

falling cherry petals

~Soko*

100days88

*cited:

Japanese Death Poems

Y Hoffmann

In town

there are sounds

of flutes and drums.

But in this deep mountain

only a pine rustles.

~Ryokan*

100days72

*cited:

Sky Above, Great Wind

Trans: K Tanahashi

If I say

this or that,

how ordinary grief becomes –

broken cries are the words

that sorrow’s voice demands

~Izumi Shikibu*

100days...rain

*cited:

The Ink Dark Moon

Trans: J Hirshfield & M Aratani