red berries

red berries to brighten my mind - winter walk and here the nandine

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***** Nandina Berries, Nandin Berries,
nanten no mi, mi nanten　
南天の実、実南天　
Nandina Berries: kigo for all winter


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***** aoki no mi 青木の実 (あおきのみ)
berries of the Aoki laurel
Aucuba japonica, kind of Japanese laurel
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
Aoki-Frucht

kigo for all winter

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aoki no hana 青木の花 (あおきのはな)
blossoms of the Aoki laurel

kigo for late spring

They are light brown and very small. The tree grows wild in many mountain regions of Japan and prefers a shadowy place.

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. WKD : Oleander (Nerium oleander) . kyoochikutoo 夾竹桃 .
Laurel rosa


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Haiku from my friends:



a gift from Gabi
a haiku to brighten
my imagination


Bill Kenney


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clumsy grey jay--
in the alpine snow field
red berries

wade german (ookigoshi)

(the grey jay, a.k.a. the whiskey jack, or canada jay)


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December -
all colors faded but for
nandina's red berries.

Zhanna P. Rader


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p.s. do you know just how amazing your "red berries" poem truly is?! absolutely beautiful...


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. PLANTS in all seasons - SAIJIKI


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words of wisdom

learn from the pine - the twisted meaning of words of wisdom

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my teaching is here
Learn from the Pine !


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drying seaweed

drying seaweed - these dancing shadows on the sand drying seaweed - how many fingers have been whacked off ?

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Kamakura Beach 1992



Seaweeds in various kigo



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Haiku Seeds Haiku Flowers

haiku flowers - Japanese seeds for the whole world For Taisen Deshimaru who brought Zen seeds to France

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Taisen Deshimaru (birth name: Yasuo Deshimaru) (1914-1982) was a Japanese Zen Buddhist teacher. Born in the Saga Prefecture of Kyushu, Deshimaru was raised by his grandfather, a former Samurai before the Meiji Revolution, and by his mother, a devout follower of the Jodo Shinshu sect of Buddhism.

He received dharma transmission from Master Yamada Reirin.

In 1967, Deshimaru came to Europe and settled in Paris in order to fulfill his master's wish and spread the teachings of Zen. In the 1970's, his mission grew and he received dharma transmission from Master Yamada Reirin and became kaikyosokan (head of Japanese Soto Zen for a particular country or continent) in Europe.

He trained many disciples, and was the catalyst for the creation of a multitude of practice centers. His teachings and multitude of books helped spread the influence of Zen in Europe and America, particularly of the Soto sect. He founded the AZI in 1970 and La Gendronnière in 1979. He died in 1982, after having solidly established Zen practice in the West.

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I learned this again from Deshimaru Sensei


haiku seeds are from Japan
but haiku flowers blossom
in the whole wide world

the flowers of haiku in the whole world Japanese seeds

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daikon radish

大根を干す古農家ここにあり daikon o hosu furu nooka koko ni ari drying radishes at the old farmhouse - thus is my valley ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo Our Valley in a sudden sunbeam

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Less and less folk bother to dry the radishes themselves, since it is so much easier to buy them at the local store ...



Look at my short windy walk ALBUM.




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icecold morning

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icecold morning -
the wonderous warmth
of Mozart melodies


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winter storm

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winter storm -
the shadow of my windwheel
turns faster




We are in the warm kitchen, with a spotlight outside to brighten our dinner table vista!
And tonight it was spectacular.
First the old badger waggled his way along his footpath on the hill.
Then gusts of wind worked their miracle on the shadows.



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Numbers in Haiku

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.. ONE .. TWO .. THREE ..
a winter day spent
studying basics



Numbers used in Haiku



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Treasures

落葉道　宝の宝庫　なりにけり fallen leaves and among them fallen treasures

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Fallen leaves (ochiba) ：　KIGO




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Winter Walk

winter walk - I still see flowers on my way so bright and orange - late persimmons to share with the crows one last second - susuki grass and my roof and then the clouds cover it all - winter shadows !

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　Take the SLIDE SHOW, 21 photos !



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Fast Food

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I have this situation (seen on TV a few days ago about food wasted in fast food outlets of Japan ...)


cold winter eve -
a homeless heads
for KFC's backdoor



and just this morning we read in the Japan times about Mitsubishi taking over Kentucky Fried Chicken Japan:





Trading house Mitsubishi Corp. said Saturday that it successfully completed a friendly takeover of Kentucky Fried Chicken Japan Ltd., which owns more than 1,500 KFC and Pizza Hut restaurants around the country.

Mitsubishi said it plans to make the restaurant operator one of its subsidiaries.

Profit growth at KFC Japan has been sluggish because of intense competition in Japan's fast food market, rising material prices and hefty investments in systems operations.

© The Associated Press
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20071209a1.html



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still air in winter--
Kentucky Fried Chicken smell
all the more pungent!

Larry Bole
Kigo Hotline, 2008


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colonel sanders -
haiku elvis
incognito

Susan Nelson Myers
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O Kentucky cluck---
the bird with a snow white beard
makes dinner cozy

Patrick Duffey
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. Homeless, fast food and Haiku 　


. WASHOKU - Japanese Food Culture .


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Refreshing rain

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refreshing rain -
I count my blessings
as it falls



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We have not had a decent drop of rain in quite a while!



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sacred tree

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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Temple Tanjo-Ji

autumn deepens - the unfettered beauty of this Amida temple autumn deepens - the beauty of prayer in stone DRAGON BRANCHES Amida Buddha

LOOK
Temple Tanjo-Ji, ALBUM November 2007

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Temple Tanjo-Ji in my neighbourhood
Temple Tanjo-Ji in Okayama
Saint Honen was born here !


Saint Honen, born at this temple ..
by Gabi Greve


Joodo Paradise where we meet again ..


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***** pickled radish, takuanzuke 沢庵漬
kigo for all winter

..... Takuan was a famous Zen Priest, who invented this dish. It is very popular. Zen monks are supposed to eat their slices of Takuan radish without making any noise. There are usually two slices on the plate, used to carefully clear out the bolws afer eating and then munching the Takuan in silence.
If you want to know the secret of eating Takuan in silence, contact me :o) !

The Unfettered Mind. by Takuan Soho



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suspended leaf

like this leaf suspended in mid-air - namu amida butsu 一枚の落ち葉のごとし南無阿弥陀 南無阿弥陀仏

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南無阿弥陀仏
Namu Amida Butsu, the Amida Prayer



Click on the leaf !

It must have been caught in some spiders net, but as you can see, it is clearly FREE !


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