Through the years
I’ve become used to sorrow,
there was not one spring
I didn’t leave behind
the flowers.
~Izumi Shikibu*
*cited:
The Ink Dark Moon
Trans: J Hirshfield & M Aratani
rain
100 days…37th day
If I say
this or that,
how ordinary grief becomes –
broken cries are the words
that sorrow’s voice demands
~Izumi Shikibu*
*cited:
The Ink Dark Moon
Trans: J Hirshfield & M Aratani
100 days…35th day
Springtime rain!
Almost dark, and yet
today still lingers
~Buson*
*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Trans: Y Sawa & E Shiffert
100 days…32nd day
Morning haze
jewels of rain, falling
in a dream
100 days…32nd day
catching rain drops ll
a long hard journey
rain beating down the meadow
like a wanderer’s feet
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irises
fifth month rain–
in a rain barrel
irises
~Issa*
*cited:
haikuguy.com
wet with tears
I cannot speak of
Yudono, but see how wet
My sleeve is with tears.
~Basho*
*cited:
The Narrow Road to Oku
Trans: D Keene
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.
Visit WordPress’ weekly photo challenge to view additional images created specifically for the concept of ‘inside’
*cited in:
The Year of My Life
Trans: Nobuyuki Yuasa
raindrops
overcome by this cold falling rain:
how very similar, my life
to my old friend’s ~ Buson*
struck by a
raindrop, snail
closes up ~ Buson*
*source:
The Classic Tradition of Haiku
Ed. Faubion Bowers
wordless wednesday: xxviii
macro monday I
More haze
than the sky could hold?
Today’s rain ~ Oka Kosetsu*
cited in:
Haiku Before Haiku
trans: Steven D. Carter
a meditative journey 
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