rain

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evening rain
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morning rain




Inspired by
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RAIN in various kigo




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Matariki Pleiades

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matariki -
seven sisters shimmer
on my monitor



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. . . New Zealand Saijiki

matariki is a Maori word for the Pleaiades and also indicates their beginning of a new year.



. Stars and Kigo


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young leaves

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I feel happy
for no special reason -
young leaves in my valley






　young leaves, fresh leaves, wakaba 若葉 KIGO


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zuiki

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"shedding tears of joy" -
I find another meaning
for a vegetable



芋の葉に置く白露の
たまらぬは これやずいきの涙なるらん

imo no ha ni oku shiratsuyu no
tamaranu wa kore ya zuiki no namida naruran

This is a famous waka poem by Muso Kokushi, which gave the plant its name ZUIKI.

on the leaf of a taro
a white dewdrop lingers
and then falls off -
yes indeed this is
a tear of joy (of the Buddha)


zuiki 芋茎（ずいき）stem of the taro
Sato-Imo 里芋 taro


zuiki ... 芋茎 / 随喜
and Muso Kokushi 夢窓国師
and the ZUIKI MATSURI Festival in Kyoto.


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yes, this one truly shows that kigo is a deep and complex thing to do with a whole culture. I think it will take a long, long time for haiku-in-the West, or English-language haiku, to develop anything close to equivalent.
But like the culture of the bare earth, to farm or make a garden, we can begin.
Comments from AHA


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aimai

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aimai ya -
the dragon fades
into a cloud



ambiguity -
a dragon turns
into a cloud




aimai, ambiguity in a kind of negative sense
is not welcome in Japanese haiku




"aimai" 曖昧,
translated as ambiguous, unclear or vague.


WHC discussion


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bee

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a bee disappears
in the red flower -
my busy days



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punctuation

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I like cooking cats and Haiku









As you know, my cat is named Haiku,
so how about joining me for lunch?


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This is of course just a joke,
a ruse to make you think about punctuation ... and the cut marker and cutting words (kireji) used in Japanese haiku.


The Cut and Cutting Words ... KIRE



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centipede

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a centipede
takes its morning walk -
aah, my kitchen table




the season has started !


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Centipede, millipede, mukade 百足　むかで
Tausendfüssler, Tausendfüßler



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paulownia blossoms

a haiku suspended in the sky - paulownia blossoms powlonia buds - a promise of kindness and sweetness

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Take a walk with me !
　Summer begins in the terraced rice fields



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Sanja Matsuri

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Sanja Festival -
lost in the crowds
I taste Old Edo



Here is a lovely photo by Tim Gravestock that fits the situation ...
source : Tim Gravestock,
with permission

Thanks,Tim, for this co-operation!




My original page about Sanja Matsuri
Asakusa Kannon　浅草観音


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morning meditation

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morning meditation -
his gentle snore
and birdsong




THE BIRD SAIJIKI
saezuri 囀 (さえずり)
twittering of birds, chirping, warbling, birdsong


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Hanga Calendar 2008

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What a surprize!
Someone unknown to me
had used my haiku in a calendar project !

Thanks, Shirlee Funk !

heavy snowfall - a white silence deepens

CLICK for enlargement!




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HERE
my photo and another haiga of this haiku

雪しきり白き静寂や深くなり
Gabi Greve, Haiku 2005



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FACEBOOK

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so many bubbles
on so many walls
- FACEBOOK -



FACEBOOK ... my WALL


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find your voice

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he finds his voice
in the frog chorus ...
the haiku poet






NHK has started a new two-year course,
where kigo figure prominently and
the teacher stated something like that ...


find your own voice
by choosing the season words carefully,
bring them alive in your very own images




Basic Japanese Haiku Theories


Kigo, seasonal words ... the Basics


NHK HAIKU ... NHK 俳句



Later I wrote a piece of advise to a haiku friend

I guess you just have to find your own voice
among all the poems
that go under the cover of English language HAIKU.



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Froschkonzert
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pink blossoms

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Fotoalbum with many more
. . . Spring blossoms in my garde



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