separate day

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Begin at once to live
And count each separate day
As a separate life.

— Seneca




a separate haiku
for each separate day
... yes we can



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stray dogs

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winter morning -
three stray dogs
at the post box



Our post box is at the end of the road up on the mountain.
These poor creatures were looking quite out of place and seemd so afraid of humans, they ran away as soon as I started to "talk" to them.



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little icicles

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midday sunshine -
the icicles fall
with a PING


We are in another cold wave,
minus 4 centigrade this morning.
The snow dripps slowly from the roof, forming little icicles of about 5 cm length on each indenture of the tin. They hang in there like the teeth of a saw.

When I was out for a moment, I heared a PING of something hitting metal, one more PING ...
The icicles fell one by one and hit the metal grit of the water drainage,
a natural organ playing the PINGS ...



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QUOTE ... what if ...

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One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself,
"What if I had never seen this before?
What if I knew i would never see it again?"


Rachel Carson




This is a good advise
to ask yourself
before writing a haiku !


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Dalai Lama

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Compassion is not religious business,
it is human business;
it is not luxury,
it is essential
for our own peace and mental stability;
it is essential for human survival.

quote : 　Dalai Lama





compassion
on the haiku way ...
way to go



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walking

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I pray
with my whole body -
walking in the cold




Minus Four Centigrade



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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 !


Gabi Greve, Happy Haiku Forum



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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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