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2/19/2011

table 4 2

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table 4 2
- a romance reduced
to numbers








. Numbers used in Haiku  



Friends are experimenting
with numbers as substitutes for words.


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my haiku friend Bill shared this :

I'm old enough to remember when

2 sweet
2 be
4 gotten

was considered very clever, a staple in high school yearbooks.


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one plus one = 3
a happy couple expecting
their first child


Catbird 55, WHC


fertility treatments
one plus one = 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8 . . . !


Bill Kenney



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1/14/2011

enlightenment

  
  


enlightenment -
my Daruma squeezed
into a lightbulb












Chikaramizu,
a new power drink to pass the examinations




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“A haiku is the expression of a temporary enlightenment
in which we see into the life of things.”

R.H. Blyth


. Zen and Haiku  



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10/11/2010

ten past ten

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ten past ten -
a long minute
for a short wish





Today is the tenth day
of the tenth month in the year
two thousand and ten.




Sunday (10/10/10)
Sunday, October 10, 2010








Double Tenth Day in Taiwan
10/10 The national day in Taiwan,
the anniversary of the Wuchang rebellion of 1911.



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9/04/2010

Menopause

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menopause -
she even quarrels with
the autumn moon


Menopause -
sie streitet sogar
mit dem Herbstmond



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Visitors, visitors ...
and all bring their problems




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11/19/2009

crazy cows

  
  







I spend my day
with some crazy cows -
ushibeni lipstick









source : garments-toys.html More Cows



. ushibeni 丑紅(うしべに) "bull lipstick"  
kigo

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10/23/2009

shadows and silence

  
  





11 shadows of a tree






a long silence
between your words -
autumn deepens







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green color code #767c6b "color of mountain doves"
山鳩色 (やまばといろ)




The trees, the flowers, the plants grow in silence.
The stars, the sun, the moon move in silence.
Silence gives us a new perspective.


Mother Teresa



autumn sunshine -
the sound of this shadow
on the wall


the sound of these
leaves on the temple wall -
autumn solitude




11 shadows of a tree


Thanks to Mother Teresa!


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A friend asked:
why not drop 'these' from L1 and move 'leaves" into it's place?

Well, here is my answer:

the sound of leaves
on the temple wall -
autumn solitude


the sound of these
leaves on the temple wall -
autumn solitude


Maybe you feel the difference yourself?

The sound of leaves, the sound of water ... quite a well used phrase in haiku ...
:o) ... maybe overused ...

Since it was not the sound of leaves (or rather maybe branches with leaves, for that matter) hitting the wall, but as is shown in the photo,
it was the sound of shadows, I want the reader to pause
these ... what ? simply leaves? only shadows? anything else ?

these leaves ... I can hear these leaves rustle in the wind, as the tree stands if front of the wall

leaves on the temple wall ... now they are only shadows, not the sound ...


So I choose the version I did.
HH


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9/07/2009

pimento mori

  
  





Legend has it that when Roman Generals would triumphantly parade through the streets of the Eternal City, they would have a slave constantly whispering in their ear,
"Remember, you are mortal;
Memento Mori."


The thought is echoed in classical antiquity, in Horace's ode to Leuconoe,
"Seize the Day; Carpe Diem."
I would have painted that but life is too short to paint smelly fish..


© Joe McFadden 2007 "Pimento Mori"



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pimento mori -
I snatch a laugh
from the internet






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ピメント piment bellpepper, allspice pepper
Piment, Nelkenpfeffer,







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Reference : pimento



piiman ピーマン green sweet pepper,
pimiento, pimento

bell pepper, Capsicum annuum L. var. angulosum Mill.]
kigo for all autumn
. WASHOKU : Japanese Food Culture
VEGETABLE SAIJIKI
 



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9/02/2009

political pie

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take a bite
from the political pie -
Hatoyama bisquits





Manju are named after famous politicians


Koizumi manjuu 小泉まんじゅう
Koizumi Junichiro
koizumi manju




Ozawa manjuu おざわまんじゅう, 小沢饅頭
小沢一郎 Ozawa Ichiro
ozawa manju
similar to dadacha manjuu.
いっちゃんまんじゅう Ittchan Manju



Shinchan manjuu 晋ちゃんまんじゅう

安倍晋太郎(あべしんたろう) Abe Shintaroo



Aso manjuu with chocolate
生チョコ大福・麻生まんじゅう
do not click here
麻生太郎首相 Aso Taro

Aso Taro Manju


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September 2009
after the august 30 elections




Hatoyama sabure / 鳩山民衆サブレー / 鳩山サブレー
Hatoyama Bisquits
Hatoyama bisquits / Yukio Hatoyama Yukio
maybe the next prime minister ...
鳩山由紀夫, born 1947
CLICK here for PHOTOS !

He wears a headgear with a helmet like Naoe Kanetsugu 直江兼続公, hero of the samurai drama of this year, 2009, with the character AI 愛 on the helmet.
Shogun Daruma




Fujikawa Yuri 藤川ゆり
ゆりたんの美味しすぎる りんごケーキ
Yuritan Apple Cake . Yuri Fujikawa

ringo apple cakes
Politician from Hachinohe, Northern Japan



Kenchan Manju 健ちゃんまんじゅう
千葉県の森田健作知事 Morita Kensaku from Chiba






Aso Taro 2009 Manju
秘密の太郎ちゃん
from Akihabara 秋葉原名物
Manju to change Japan 日本をかえるまんじゅう

Aso Taro


. . . CLICK here for Photos about polititians and Manju sweets !




.............................................. Here is a special treat

Obama Manju, OBAMAまんじゅう / オバマ饅頭

CLICK for more photos

obama sakemanju

From the town Obama in Japan.



source : facebook - washoku
Obama Sushi Roll

. WASHOKU - Japanese Food Culture


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5/09/2009

punctuation

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I like cooking cats and Haiku









As you know, my cat is named Haiku,
so how about joining me for lunch?



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This is of course just a joke,
a ruse to make you think about punctuation ... and the cut marker and cutting words (kireji) used in Japanese haiku.


The Cut and Cutting Words ... KIRE



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4/26/2009

FACEBOOK

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so many bubbles
on so many walls
- FACEBOOK -




FACEBOOK ... my WALL


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2/22/2009

coincidence

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dinner time


snow glides
from the roof - cheese melts
in my mouth



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9/05/2008

tribute to Hortensia Anderson

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September 2008


Hello,

Would anyone be willing to provide some frank, frighteningly
intelligent and stern criticism/feedback?

Best Regards,
Mu...


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Hi Mu...


invisible haiku ...
my intelligent criticism
also invisible



But you can find some of my advise for haiku here
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2000_07_01_happyhaiku_archive.html



:o)

GABI

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Ah but was the haiku invisible or non-existent?
Which then begs the question, can the same be
said for the "intelligent criticism"? ;-)

Invisible haiku follows:


hortensia anderson

I await your invisible intelligent criticism, Gabi.
Somehow, I know exactly what it will say!

- hortensia ;-)

(just playing around with Gabi -
who tirelessly maintains informative websites
which I refer to constantly -
check them ALL out!!!)

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Hi hortensia

have a look at my invisible haiku below !

:o)

invisible haiku ...
my intelligent criticism
also invisible




Can you make it visible ?
Some things are invisible, but existent in my mind
... like your own invisible haiku







Hmmmm...

Sound -- invisible
Smell -- invisible
Feeling -- invisible
Taste -- invisible

I would venture to say, Bashou's famous invisible haiku was about the
sound of water, perhaps, many of the not so invisible intelligent
criticism was "all wet"?!
chibi

but then again, if it was a play off of Basho, wouldn't lack of sound criticism be the deepest sound of all
xyz

Happy Haiku Forum


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hortensia anderson
April 26, 20012


Dear Facebook friends,
My cancer has metastasised to my bones with many tumours in my left hip. The prognosis is poor so I shall post rarely if at all.
I want you to know, you have been an inspiration - without you, my poems would not, could not exist.
With all the love in the world and then some...

just as I think
i can't stand the pain,
a blossom passes
and I cling to this life
while learning to let go...


- www.facebook.com/hortensia.anderson -



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May 22, 2012


Hortensia Anderson
24 June 1969 - 22 May 2012


Hortensia passed away in the morning,
after major surgery, 31 years on dialysis and
beating cancer in 2009.




The Plenitude of Emptiness
hortensia anderson : collected haibun
with an introduction by Jim Kacian

"Half a century has passed since that June breath I took at rising dawn.
I know I must give it back.”

hortensia



Hortensia's BLOG

The Plenitude of Emptiness


Monday, March 19, 2012
Haibun - As A Wave

As A Wave

Sitting on the jetty, I can feel the stillness as a wave, having risen, crests -
then, falling, is silent, rolled back into itself.

How I yearn to roll back into myself, to merge with the ocean as a wave.

indigo tides -
a full moon
tugs at the tides


source : hortensiaanderson.blogspot.co.uk

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Hortensia Anderson lives on the lower east side of New York City. She is the author of numerous chapbooks as well as a volume of poetry, Trust (fly-by night press, 1995). She is interested in the function of the Internet on poetry in the 21st century. Her current passion is renga and other forms of collaborative poetry.

She has been on dialysis since 1981.

spring thaw —
the stream parts to embrace
the stone


Mainichi - Best of 2002



midnight swim —
we glide through the galaxy
naked


5th Annual Suruga-Baika Winner



moonlit night —
the pond floats
a water-lily



source : tobaccoroadpoet.blogspot.jp


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An Interview With Hortensia Anderson
by Robert D. Wilson

RW:
You've written more than one book of occidental poetry and have an international following. Your poetry is poignant, with the rare ability to reach inside a person's psyche, causing that person to react and think.

Take this example from your book, Trust (Fly By Night Press):

"Like an undercooked egg"
the surgeon said the boy
was ready to rupture right
on the table.

They had me in stitches
to keep me from bursting,
scar crossed forever
front and

Back on dialysis and dilaudid.

The nurse brings out
my demons. Christ
kills me. She says she's

Born again.
As if once weren't enough.


source : simply haiku 2005

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another sake --
the cranes on the porcelain
start to fly


the long walk home
after the funeral -
winter trees


handblown glass -
cirrus clouds curve
around the moon




Softly, the clouds slip
away from an azure sky
above Saint Mark's Church graveyard
an angel loiters
beneath a plum tree in bloom
petals fall on wings of stone.



source : online archives

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Hortensia and Amazon dot com

source : www.amazon.com


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4/18/2008

online

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online ...
outside of my window
the seasons change




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Computers and Haiku


Haiku Day (haiku no hi) August 19 Japan. Including haiku about "haiku" and "kigo"


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2/16/2007

Food Colors

  
  


food colors -
the color of LOVE
is still . red






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Food Colors and E-Numbers (European Union)


E100 Curcumin, turmeric (food colouring)
E101 Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), formerly called lactoflavin (Vitamin G) (food colouring)
E101a Riboflavin-5'-Phosphate (food colouring)
E102 Tartrazine (FD&C Yellow 5) (food colouring)
E103 Chrysoine resorcinol (food colouring)
E104 Quinoline yellow (food colouring)
E105 Fast Yellow AB (food colouring)
E106 Riboflavin-5-Sodium Phosphate (food colouring)
E107 Yellow 2G (food colouring)
E110 Sunset Yellow FCF, Orange Yellow S, FD&C Yellow 6 (food colouring)
E111 Orange GGN (food colouring)
E120 Cochineal, Carminic acid, Carmines, Natural Red 4 (food colouring)
E121 Orcein, Orchil (food colouring)
E122 Carmoisine, Azorubine (food colouring)
E123 Amaranth (FD&C Red 2) (food colouring)
E124 Ponceau 4R, Cochineal Red A, Brilliant Scarlet 4R (food colouring)
E125 Ponceau SX, Scarlet GN (food colouring)
E126 Ponceau 6R (food colouring)
E127 Erythrosine (FD&C Red 3) (food colouring)
E128 Red 2G (food colouring)
E129 Allura Red AC (FD&C Red 40) (food colouring)
E130 Indanthrene blue RS (food colouring)
E131 Patent Blue V (food colouring)
E132 Indigo carmine, Indigotine, FD&C Blue 2 (food colouring)
E133 Brilliant Blue FCF (FD&C Blue 1) (food colouring)
E140 Chlorophylls and Chlorophyllins: (i) Chlorophylls (ii) Chlorophyllins (food colouring)
E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins
(i) Copper complexes of chlorophylls
(ii) Copper complexes of chlorophyllins (food colouring)
E142 Greens S (food colouring)
E143 Fast Green FCF (FD&C Green 3) (food colouring)
E150a Plain Caramel (food colouring)
E150b Caustic sulfite caramel (food colouring)
E150c Ammonia caramel (food colouring)
E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel (food colouring)
E151 Black PN, Brilliant Black BN (food colouring)
E152 Black 7984 (food colouring)
E153 Carbon black, Vegetable carbon (food colouring)
E154 Brown FK, Kipper Brown (food colouring)
E155 Brown HT, Chocolate brown HT (food colouring)
E160a Alpha-carotene, Beta-carotene, Gamma-carotene (food colouring)
E160b Annatto, bixin, norbixin (food colouring)
E160c Capsanthin, capsorubin, Paprika extract (food colouring)
E160d Lycopene (food colouring)
E160e Beta-apo-8'-carotenal (C 30) (food colouring)
E160f Ethyl ester of beta-apo-8'-carotenic acid (C 30) (food colouring)
E161a Flavoxanthin (food colouring)
E161b Lutein (food colouring)
E161c Cryptoxanthin (food colouring)
E161d Rubixanthin (food colouring)
E161e Violaxanthin (food colouring)
E161f Rhodoxanthin (food colouring)
E161g Canthaxanthin (food colouring)
E161h Zeaxanthin (food colouring)
E161i Citranaxanthin (food colouring)
E161j Astaxanthin (food colouring)
E162 Beetroot Red, Betanin (food colouring)
E163 Anthocyanins (food colouring)
E170 Calcium carbonate, Chalk (food colouring)
E171 Titanium dioxide (food colouring)
E172 Iron oxides and hydroxides (food colouring)
E173 Aluminium (food colouring)
E174 Silver (food colouring)
E175 Gold (food colouring)
E180 Pigment Rubine, Lithol Rubine BK (food colouring)
E181 Tannin (food colouring)



List of more subdued
Japanese Colors





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