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winter's end -
my warm socks
with big holes
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change the robes, koromogae 更衣 ころもがえ
kigo for early summer
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4/10/2009
4/09/2009
spring silence
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the silence
of a spring day -
and all these sounds
all these sounds
in the silence
of a spring day
in the silence
of a spring day
all these sounds
the silence
of a spring day . . .
these sounds
illustration from ode magazine 2008
Silence can be a source of healing,
a refuge from the stress of modern life,
a pathway to enlightenment.
Or it can have a more sinister meaning.
source and more : www.odemagazine.com
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My SILENCE haiku
Comment from a friend
Puzzling, Gabi
I guess it's one of those zenny ones.
No, I think I know what you mean... that when it's silent enough, one can hear small sounds that were undetectable before? Silence is relative?
Love that illustration you found!
HH
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the silence
of a spring day -
and all these sounds
all these sounds
in the silence
of a spring day
in the silence
of a spring day
all these sounds
the silence
of a spring day . . .
these sounds
illustration from ode magazine 2008
Silence can be a source of healing,
a refuge from the stress of modern life,
a pathway to enlightenment.
Or it can have a more sinister meaning.
source and more : www.odemagazine.com
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MORE
My SILENCE haiku
Comment from a friend
Puzzling, Gabi
I guess it's one of those zenny ones.
No, I think I know what you mean... that when it's silent enough, one can hear small sounds that were undetectable before? Silence is relative?
Love that illustration you found!
HH
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4/08/2009
first swallow
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she sings
quite a different tune -
first swallow
she plays
quite a different tune -
summer evening
! Click HERE to see what I mean !
Last night was warm enough
to sit outside and there
high in the sky
the first sounds of our beloved swallows!
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she sings
quite a different tune -
first swallow
she plays
quite a different tune -
summer evening
! Click HERE to see what I mean !
Last night was warm enough
to sit outside and there
high in the sky
the first sounds of our beloved swallows!
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4/07/2009
Soul Journal
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so many maps
to get lost on the way -
spring breeze
quote
Getting Started
There are so many directions that we can go here with our map play which is precisely why this post is jam packed.
check it out here :
for . souljournal
Soul Journal
Kathryn Antyr, Collage Diva
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map of stone -
show me the way
to the universe
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so many maps
to get lost on the way -
spring breeze
quote
Getting Started
There are so many directions that we can go here with our map play which is precisely why this post is jam packed.
check it out here :
for . souljournal
Soul Journal
Kathryn Antyr, Collage Diva
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map of stone -
show me the way
to the universe
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4/06/2009
tea ceremony
| a frog jumps into the stone basin - tea ceremony  |
Photo from norlog, Temple Ryoanji, Kyoto
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tsukubai つくばい(蹲い)
Tea Ceremony Saijiki 茶道の歳時記
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4/05/2009
shining colors
 another walk in the neighbourhood - shining colors of spring  first cherry blossoms  small yellow by the roadside  |
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Bison
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deep winter -
a bison mourns for his
dead mother
In winter, they move over the prairie in groups of 20 to 30 females and calves, all family members, with one BIG MOTHER leading the herd.
When one animal dies, they mourn for about 30 minutes, rubbing horns and heads ... kicking it gently with their hooves ...
..............................................and then move on.
comments from HH
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Bison
is a taxonomic group containing six species of large even-toed ungulates within the subfamily Bovinae. Only two of these species still exist: the American bison (B. bison) and the European bison, or wisent (B. bonasus), each with two subspecies.
The American and European bison are the largest terrestrial mammals in North America and Europe.
Wallowing is a common behavior of bison.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
bison mating season
kigo for late summer
Cow, Bull, Ox (ushi) as kigo
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deep winter -
a bison mourns for his
dead mother
In winter, they move over the prairie in groups of 20 to 30 females and calves, all family members, with one BIG MOTHER leading the herd.
When one animal dies, they mourn for about 30 minutes, rubbing horns and heads ... kicking it gently with their hooves ...
..............................................and then move on.
comments from HH
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Bison
is a taxonomic group containing six species of large even-toed ungulates within the subfamily Bovinae. Only two of these species still exist: the American bison (B. bison) and the European bison, or wisent (B. bonasus), each with two subspecies.
The American and European bison are the largest terrestrial mammals in North America and Europe.
Wallowing is a common behavior of bison.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
bison mating season
kigo for late summer
Cow, Bull, Ox (ushi) as kigo
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2009
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4/04/2009
haiku circle
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haiku circle -
threehundred and sixty degrees
of new ideas
You express 5 7 5 things only,
but the rest of the circle must be in full vision.
Inspired by the NHK HAIKU program.
Found by chance
source ... www.simplyhaiku.com 2005
... Kigo Versus Seasonal Reference in Haiku
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google ... haiku circle
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haiku circle -
threehundred and sixty degrees
of new ideas
You express 5 7 5 things only,
but the rest of the circle must be in full vision.
Inspired by the NHK HAIKU program.
Found by chance
source ... www.simplyhaiku.com 2005
... Kigo Versus Seasonal Reference in Haiku
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google ... haiku circle
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2009
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4/02/2009
april fool
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so many roads
for haiku and senryu --
April Fool
Gabi on the morning of April 1 in Japan
shigatsu baka
WD shigatsu baka .. april fool
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I was inspired not only by the exchange of opinions about this subject, but also by the new World Haiku Review, which hit me this morning ...
.............................................. let me quote
Editorial
by Susumu Takiguchi
source : World Haiku Review, March 2009
The 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth is being celebrated across the world.
The interesting thing about Darwin is that the evolution of living things does not occur because they want it to happen. On the contrary, living things are in fact ultra-conservative and do not like evolution.
snip
I am in an evolutionary mood today and am thinking of the history of haiku in terms of evolution. It is 365 years since Basho’s birth and 400 to 500 years since the births of such fathers, or shall we say grandfathers, of haiku as Sokan Yamazaki, Moritake Arakida, Teitoku Matsunaga or Soin Nishiyama who all contributed to the development of Haikai-no-Renga which later begat haiku.
snip
The haiku evolution is still with us.
snip
Haiku now has so many different variants. However, almost all the origins of the modern haiku species outside Japan can be found in America. They experienced explosive evolution through the most unnatural selection ...
There have been no survival of the fittest (haiku) because there just has not been any need for these species to try to survive; they have thrived.
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The Great Fool,Ryokan san (良寛, 1758-1831)
WKD . Ryokan, Great Fool、Taigu 大愚
Awa Odori 阿波踊り (あわおどり)
Awa Dance for O-Bon
odoru ahoo ni miru ahoo onaji ahoo nara odoranya son son
odoru aho ni miru aho onaji aho nara odoranya son son
tanzende Narren ........... dancing fools
zuschauende Narren .... watching fools
wenn schon ein Narr .... if I have to be a fool
dann lieber tanzen . ........ I'd rather dance
WKD . Awa Odori Dance in Tokushima
Sometimes I feel like a fool,
trying to perserve
traditional Japanese HAIKU.
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. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2009
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so many roads
for haiku and senryu --
April Fool
Gabi on the morning of April 1 in Japan
shigatsu baka
WD shigatsu baka .. april fool
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I was inspired not only by the exchange of opinions about this subject, but also by the new World Haiku Review, which hit me this morning ...
.............................................. let me quote
Editorial
by Susumu Takiguchi
source : World Haiku Review, March 2009
The 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth is being celebrated across the world.
The interesting thing about Darwin is that the evolution of living things does not occur because they want it to happen. On the contrary, living things are in fact ultra-conservative and do not like evolution.
snip
I am in an evolutionary mood today and am thinking of the history of haiku in terms of evolution. It is 365 years since Basho’s birth and 400 to 500 years since the births of such fathers, or shall we say grandfathers, of haiku as Sokan Yamazaki, Moritake Arakida, Teitoku Matsunaga or Soin Nishiyama who all contributed to the development of Haikai-no-Renga which later begat haiku.
snip
The haiku evolution is still with us.
snip
Haiku now has so many different variants. However, almost all the origins of the modern haiku species outside Japan can be found in America. They experienced explosive evolution through the most unnatural selection ...
There have been no survival of the fittest (haiku) because there just has not been any need for these species to try to survive; they have thrived.
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The Great Fool,Ryokan san (良寛, 1758-1831)
WKD . Ryokan, Great Fool、Taigu 大愚
Awa Odori 阿波踊り (あわおどり)
Awa Dance for O-Bon
odoru ahoo ni miru ahoo onaji ahoo nara odoranya son son
odoru aho ni miru aho onaji aho nara odoranya son son
tanzende Narren ........... dancing fools
zuschauende Narren .... watching fools
wenn schon ein Narr .... if I have to be a fool
dann lieber tanzen . ........ I'd rather dance
WKD . Awa Odori Dance in Tokushima
Sometimes I feel like a fool,
trying to perserve
traditional Japanese HAIKU.
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3/30/2009
day by day
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spring sunshine -
the colors return
to my garden
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spring sunshine -
the colors return
to my garden
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3/27/2009
think good thoughts
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To think bad thoughts is really
the easiest thing in the world.
If you leave your mind to itself
it will spiral down into ever increasing unhappiness.
To think good thoughts, however, requires effort.
This is one of the things
that discipline - training - is about.
James Clavell, in his novel "Shogun"
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Gabi Greve
My Favorite Quotes to Enjoy with Haiku
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To think bad thoughts is really
the easiest thing in the world.
If you leave your mind to itself
it will spiral down into ever increasing unhappiness.
To think good thoughts, however, requires effort.
This is one of the things
that discipline - training - is about.
James Clavell, in his novel "Shogun"
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Gabi Greve
My Favorite Quotes to Enjoy with Haiku
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3/26/2009
Yoga in Spring
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I whisper
to my ailing knees -
yoga in spring
bikram.com.au
Yoga and haiku
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I whisper
to my ailing knees -
yoga in spring
bikram.com.au
Yoga and haiku
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3/24/2009
chickpeas and bread
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The poor Mullah Nasreddin was reduced to living on a diet of chickpeas and bread,
while his neighbor dined on fancy delicacies
provided by the King himself.
One day his neighbor said to Nasreddin:
"If you were truly wise you would learn to flatter the King
and obey his every whim like I do.
Then you would not have to live on chickpeas and bread."
Nasreddin answered,
"And if you would learn to live on chickpeas and bread like I do,
then you would not have to flatter the King
and obey his every whim."
Traditional Sufi Story
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How about to live on a diet
of one haiku a day ?
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Quotes with haiku
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The poor Mullah Nasreddin was reduced to living on a diet of chickpeas and bread,
while his neighbor dined on fancy delicacies
provided by the King himself.
One day his neighbor said to Nasreddin:
"If you were truly wise you would learn to flatter the King
and obey his every whim like I do.
Then you would not have to live on chickpeas and bread."
Nasreddin answered,
"And if you would learn to live on chickpeas and bread like I do,
then you would not have to flatter the King
and obey his every whim."
Traditional Sufi Story
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How about to live on a diet
of one haiku a day ?
MORE
Quotes with haiku
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3/23/2009
the renku pond
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silence ...
another frog in the
renku pond
This was inspired by friends writing renku in the HH.
Here is the full sequence, which evolved spontaneously
over night with
lmp (Linda Papanicolaou), moi (Moira Richards), _k (Kala Ramesh)
and ke (Kathy Earsman)
silence ...
another frog in the
renku pond / Gabi
spring breeze in the roof thatch
of the hermitage / lmp
all packed
for the pilgrimage
paper, brush, saijiki /moi
falling into the space between
the stepping stone / _k
moonlight gathers
in the mist where trees
used to be /ke
one last cricket singing
in the gecko cage / lmp
Thank you very much, dear friends,
for this precious gift.
Gabi, March 2009
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. Shrine Sakaori no Miya 酒折宮
and Yamato Takeru 日本武尊, first Deity of Renku
Renku, renga, haikai, linked verse . . . Theory 連句, 連歌、俳諧
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HH
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silence ...
another frog in the
renku pond
This was inspired by friends writing renku in the HH.
Here is the full sequence, which evolved spontaneously
over night with
lmp (Linda Papanicolaou), moi (Moira Richards), _k (Kala Ramesh)
and ke (Kathy Earsman)
silence ...
another frog in the
renku pond / Gabi
spring breeze in the roof thatch
of the hermitage / lmp
all packed
for the pilgrimage
paper, brush, saijiki /moi
falling into the space between
the stepping stone / _k
moonlight gathers
in the mist where trees
used to be /ke
one last cricket singing
in the gecko cage / lmp
Thank you very much, dear friends,
for this precious gift.
Gabi, March 2009
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. Shrine Sakaori no Miya 酒折宮
and Yamato Takeru 日本武尊, first Deity of Renku
Renku, renga, haikai, linked verse . . . Theory 連句, 連歌、俳諧
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2009
HH
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3/17/2009
lonely neighbours
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春の道婆は寂しさを語りおり
haru no michi baba wa sabishisa katari-ori
spring walk -
the old woman talks about
her loneliness
More and more of our neighbours leave the valley because of old age, moving in with the children in nearby towns, leaveing the few who still hold on to their old life, living alone in the large farmhouses, even more lonely ...
and yet
the plums are blossoming
Photoalbum
Later, March 20, it could read
spring equinox -
the old woman talks about
her loneliness
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Here is the old woman of my village again
miya suzushi
baba wa kami o
katari-ori
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春の道婆は寂しさを語りおり
haru no michi baba wa sabishisa katari-ori
spring walk -
the old woman talks about
her loneliness
More and more of our neighbours leave the valley because of old age, moving in with the children in nearby towns, leaveing the few who still hold on to their old life, living alone in the large farmhouses, even more lonely ...
and yet
the plums are blossoming
Photoalbum
Later, March 20, it could read
spring equinox -
the old woman talks about
her loneliness
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Here is the old woman of my village again
miya suzushi
baba wa kami o
katari-ori
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2009
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