12/21/2007

sunny morning

  
  



winter morning <>
I share a sunny moment
just with myself







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nashi

  
  




03 pear head




like the big head
of a small baby ...
what is this ? ??







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12/20/2007

cabbage smiling

  
  





02 smiling cabbage head




Mary Christmas ..
the cabbage smiles
at me





06 Christmas Krippe






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We got this charming little cabbage, a stand for toothpicks, from our local post office.





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12/19/2007

red berries

  
  










red berries
to brighten my mind -
winter walk






16 red berries





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
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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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12/18/2007

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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12/17/2007

drying seaweed

  
  



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drying seaweed -
these dancing shadows
on the sand






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drying seaweed -
how many fingers
have been whacked off ?








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Kamakura Beach 1992



Seaweeds in various kigo



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12/16/2007

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

  
  




06 drying radish



大根を干す古農家ここにあり
daikon o hosu furu nooka koko ni ari





07 radish END



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


03 sunbeams






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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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12/15/2007

icecold morning

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icecold morning -
the wonderous warmth
of Mozart melodies



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12/14/2007

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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12/13/2007

Numbers in Haiku

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




Numbers used in Haiku



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12/11/2007

Treasures

  
  



落葉道 宝の宝庫 なりにけり



06 more leaves




fallen leaves

and among them

fallen treasures






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Fallen leaves (ochiba) : KIGO




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12/09/2007

Winter Walk

  
  




Start from here : winter violett



winter walk -
I still see flowers
on my way






01  autumn fields walk





so bright and orange -
late persimmons
to share with the crows



15 autumn colors





09 branch mountains





one last second -
susuki grass and
my roof


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and then the clouds
cover it all -
winter shadows !






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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.

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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
source : my facebook friends


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. Homeless, fast food and Haiku  


. WASHOKU - Japanese Food Culture .


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12/07/2007

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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