walking

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I pray
with my whole body -
walking in the cold




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icycle

remembering you - the sparkle of this last icicle this icicle - there is no shortcut to enlightenment

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On January 15, the cold spell is slowly getting better,
ONLY MINUS THREE CENTIGRADE


global warming -
the cold outside
reminds me



Ice, Icicle (koori, tsurara) KIGO


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snow sky snow moon

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snow -
there is blue in the sky
and there is gray




caught in the white of a snow moon
caught in the night of a snow moon


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Full Moon on January 10, 2009


not set
in her ways--
snow moon
George


If skies are clear Saturday, go out at sunset and look for the giant moon rising in the east. It will be the biggest and brightest one of 2009, sure to wow even seasoned observers.

the orbit is not a perfect circle. One portion is about 31,000 miles (50,000 km) closer to our planet than the farthest part, so the moon's apparent size in the sky changes. Saturday night (Jan. 10) the moon will be at perigee, the closest point to us on this orbit.

It will appear about 14 percent bigger in our sky and 30 percent brighter than some other full moons during 2009, according to NASA. (A similar setup occurred in December, making that month's full moon the largest of 2008.)
source : http://news.yahoo.com/s/spacce ...



snow moon
behind the old tree ...
what a sight !


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I am NOW

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I was regretting the past and fearing the future.
Suddenly God was speaking. "My name is 'I Am.'"
I waited. God continued.

"When you live in the past,
with its mistakes and regrets,
it is hard. I am not there. My name is not 'I was.'

"When you live in the future,
with its problems and fears,
it is hard. I am not there. My name is not 'I will be.'

"When you live in this moment, it is not hard.
I am here.
My name is 'I Am.'"


Helen Mellicost




I am Here
I am Now
I write Haiku


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last cherry leaf

holding out in the winter sky - last cherry leaf

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This leaf reminds me that things happen in nature without our "willing" it.
When it is time, it will fall, no sooner, no later.

It is my teacher on the path of life and death.


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Comments from some friends at HH

Nice one, and great image... Do you need 'the', just asking....
Maybe:
holding out
in winter sky
one cherry leaf
or
holding out
in winter sky -
last cherry leaf


Do you think winter will "leaf" it a lone?


GABI answers
as for "in winter sky" or "in the winter sky", my English is not good enough to decide which is better grammar-wise. But for my musical ear in haiku, I prefer the longer version, it reads more smooth to me.
... as for "last" or "one", they are different in meaning to me, and this was the LAST on the tree, so I hang on to shasei.
I let you know when this last one will be gone, it is on my daily walk up to the postbox


Friend D.
holding out
in the winter sky -
last cherry leaf
It reads great to me.... I agree, "last" is a really key word here.
Nice write.


Friend J.
oh, no... here I come to say I prefer line three to include 'the' simply to maintain
a read-aloud rhythm. Gabi, in all its forms, it is a soothing haiku. Simple and lovely.
holding out
in the winter sky -
the last cherry leaf
only an opinion,

Friend L.
Most of the attention has focused on that last line, but I'm going to offer a slightly different possibility for line 2--'against' in place of 'in'. As I see from your photo, the leaf is part of the twig's silhouette and you can say that it's silhouetted against the sky. Also, there's a usage of 'holding out against' something--in this case, once the leaf lets go, it is the winter sky that will replace it. To my ear, an extra beat in line 2 also removes the rhythmic need for 'the' in line 3.
holding out
against the winter sky -
last cherry leaf
... I think the haiku is a delight in any form of your chosing.


last cherry leaf


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spotlight

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cloudy ---
just one spotlight
on the bamboo grove











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But
you might ask, is CLOUDY a kigo?

Well, cloudy just like that is not a kigo, neither is bamboo.

So in my Japanese haiku mind this poem is a ZAPPAI.


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SPOTLIGHT, a topic for haiku


early winter morning -
some unexpected spots
sparkle in sunrays


early winter morning -
a heavenly spotlight
brightens the valley


Greetings from a super morning in Japan, pink clouds over the valley, the low sunrays fingering around, finding spot after spot . . .

Gabi Greve, November 2006
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snow snow

大雪や仏の光背光おり ooyuki ya hotoke no koohai hikari ori so much snow ! the halo of Buddha is sunshine snow on the persimmons

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Datemaki

Datemaki ya the New Year starts on the stage

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Datemaki Egg Roll
WASHOKU : Egg Dishes (tamago)



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First Sunrise

first sunrise - a fallen camellia shines on my path

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Happy New Ears

again I listen to the sound of haiku - Happy New Ears !

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pheasant

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early morning -
a pheasant hollers
right above me



There were two of them in two groves opposite the valley, having a long conversation right across space, even outmouthing the crows today.

And then the one in the bushes near my home took off to meet the friend over there, and flapped right above me, hollering all the way, with his most unusual silouhette and flapping wings against the light morning sky !

A scene of wonder indeed !


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Pheasant (kiji) Japan : KIGO for early spring


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wrinkles

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winter in my village -
the beauty of their
wrinkled faces




Most people here are well over 70 ..


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Playing with Haiku

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playing with Haiku -
I get a whack
on my nose




Sometimes we comment on a friend's haiku, but it is not taken in the right spirit, or so we think, and whack whack whack about each other's intentions.



This morning again, my dear Haiku started playing and ended up having me duck the paws...
He is unhappy with the winter cold and in a bad mood ...
Then off he runs to his outside toilet for a major relief action and is back all smooth and cuddely ...

Counting the scars on my hands and arms, we have quite a few of these bouts
and yet I love him dearly.


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GABI san... haiku chan wa kawaii desu ne

Maybe it is just from my perspective... but the cat nap cussion/bed seem to be arranged in the shape of an "8"... very auspicously?

cats nap
eight shaped --
end of '08

I hope to be online to wish at that time... but if I miss that wish I give you and yours now a heart felt Happy New Year!!
CHIBI
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I like chibi's take, but your cats make me think of ying yang Gabi.
We all need to understand cats. They allow us to coexist with them, and when they do or don't not feel like playing...watch out.
G.
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If that's how Haiku behaves,
have you ever had a cat named Senryu?
B.

But you'd really have to be careful of the claws
if the cat's name is Zappai.
L.

HH




MY CAT HAIKU
Cats in Paradise .. O-Tsu and Haiku-Kun お津と俳句くん


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thick fog

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thick fog -
just one peak above
the white



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Fogg, foggy
Nebel, nebelig
Fog, Mist, Haze ... KIGO



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snow over night

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snow over night -
should I get the shovel or
the camera?



learn from the pine ...
today I learn from
the snow


just one snowflake -
to grow
to dance
to touch your hands
to melt


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do'nt aks me -
Buddha's hands carry
snow








my life like snow
in Buddha's hands -
right now



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December 26, 2008
And it is pretty COLD too ...



"Learn from the Pine" .. ..
the twisted meaning
of words of wisdom


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Thanks to Billie Dee for this composition !
Present from Billie


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み仏の身に引受て時雨哉
mihotoke no mi ni hiki-ukete shigure kana


Buddha's venerable body
takes it on himself ...
sleet in winter

Kobayashi Issa


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