simply for all this
as if there was nothing else
early spring sunlight
100 days…29th day
early spring
spring
layered memories
Trailed with clouds
The layered memories
Of time forever gone
Stands between us now
In this spring dawn
100 days…28 days
seasons of time
sweet peas blooming –
seasons of time, echoing
“Mom’s favorite flower.”
100 days…27th day
from this day…
From this day forward,
you will be Canadian geese-
may you thrive in peace
100 days…City Park
simply…
simply for all this,
as if there were nothing else,
heavy wet spring frost
~Issa*
100 days…26th day
*cited:
The Spring of My Life
Trans: S Hamill
spring wanes
Spring wanes,
warbles leave –
blossoms gone, too
~Shinkei*
100 days…25th day
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
dusk deepening
Not seen at blossom time
dusk deepening
in green leaves
~Shinkei*
100 days…24th day
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
fading dusk
Bitter sundown –
when even dusk fades
from the blossoms
~Takayama Sozei*
100 days…23rd day
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
blossoms I await
Tomorrow! – blooms then,
blossoms I await
on a rainy night.
~Fushiminomiya Sadafusa*
100 days…22nd day
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
memory returns
Memory returns
to those ancient misty trails
around my village
but neither flowers nor love
bloom there – only my sadness
~Issa*
100 days…21st day
*cited:
The Spring of my Life
Trans: S Hamill
deep fields of irises
So very gently
it won’t even disturb
the butterfly;
this soft spring wind wanders
over deep fields of irises.
100 days…20th day
spring moon
Hazy or not,
come out of the clouds,
spring moon!
~Reizei Tamesuke*
100 days…19th day
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Trans: S Carter
a meditative journey 
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