 sacred gingko tree - a prayer falls with every leaf  the huge trunk with the sacred rope  sacred gingko tree - how many tears have you witnessed ? |
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As I was standing below this old, huge tree, camera poised upward, there was all of a sudden a strong sweep of wind and all these leaves kept dancing around me, rustling down with a thousand strange voices, each one saying its own prayer ...
a sacred moment and so unexpected
sacred gingko tree-
each leaf rustles a prayer
as it falls
this is maybe a bit too long ?
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Read about my visit to
Temple Tanjo-Ji, Okayama
The Sacred Gingko Tree of Saint Honin !
It is more than 800 years old.
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銀杏散る遠くに風の 音すれば
ichoo chiru tooku ni kaze no oto sureba
scattering gingko leaves
faint sound from the wind
far away
Tomiyasu Fusei (1885 - 1979)
Gingko biloba tree : KIGO Japan
TREES as topic for haiku !
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Aah, but a prayer always rises !
or
Leaves saying prayers?
Faith and prayer, expressed in haiku
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this is soooo lovely ...
ReplyDeletethanks ...
from old Europa !
ah Gabi, this one is perfection!
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What a beautiful picture of all those gingko leaves airborne, Gabi.
I am watching them turn color here too.
L.
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Thanks, my friends ! GABI
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I have planted two trees they are about two feet high now I know what they will look like some day
ReplyDeletethanx gabi san for showing them in full glory
shanna / Hawaii
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It might take a bit until they grow ... grin ...
GABI
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Hello, Gabi,
ReplyDeleteI loved the falling-leaf photo when I viewed your slide show, and I love this haiku. Beautiful!
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What a lovely experience Gabi.
ReplyDeleteAn apt haiku to describe it too. Thank you
Shyam Santhanam
on 06-Dec-2007, 14:36:22
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Leaves saying prayers?
ReplyDeleteGeert Verbeke
on 06-Dec-2007
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The experience is perhaps a great sense of hope; even in every falling leaf,the feeling of optimism is heightened in
ReplyDelete"each one saying its own prayer"...
This is brilliant and memorable,Gabi!
Keith A. Simmonds on 07-Dec-2007
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scots translation:
ReplyDeletehaly gingko tree -
an incaain faws
wi ilka leaf
John McDonald
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A Malayalam Translation ~~~~
ReplyDeletedivyamaaya gingko vriksham -
oru praarthana utirunnu
oro elayilum
Narayanan Raghunathan
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Romanian translation:
ReplyDeletegingko sacru -
o rugăciune cade
cu fiecare frunză
Maria Tirenescu
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To anyone experiencing a spiritual moment, anything can be a prayer.
ReplyDeletein the courtyard
a peacock's screech ...
what is it praying for?
And now, back to Gabi's gingko leaves... for me, it's the ancient oak of the Druids. There are nine facing my house.
sacred oak
in my heart a prayer
for each fallen leaf
fallen leaves
a prayer for our men
in Afghanistan
parents pray for
a son's safe return
... ancient oak
The deepest and often most silent prayers are for life.
bird of paradise
... the secret prayers
of the rainforest
What a blessed experience you've had, Gabi.
Ella Wagemakers
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