6/06/2009

Be who you are

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Be who you are and say what you feel
because those who mind don't matter
and those who matter don't mind.


Dr. Seuss



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People who do not need to please
are irresistible because they radiate wholeness,
a rare delicacy in a world of hungry hearts.


Alan Cohen





write your haiku
as you find them ...
no need to please




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6/03/2009

loss and change

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Loss is nothing else but change,
and change is nature's delight.

Marcus Aurelius



You do not suffer because things are impermanent.
You suffer because things are impermanent
and you think they are permanent.


Thich Nhat Hanh




something lost
something gained
write a haiku


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6/01/2009

flower mandala

  
  





mandala flower




hana mandala -
your orange brightens
the green





mandala flower detail








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5/29/2009

no rain

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summer sun
and no rain in sight -
the farmers pray for water



It is time for planting the terraced rice fields, but there is not enough water in the paddies.
In winter, a tree fell down in a storm and hit the little shrine of our water diety

... so maybe he is angry now?



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... Rain Rituals (amagoi) Japan.
Rain Dance, Rain Prayer, Regenzauber




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5/28/2009

flowers of life

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44 peony with red stripes



the zen of living
is the zen of each moment -
taste the flowers of life




50 white and green mandala




 . for Harvey So Daiho Hilbert



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5/24/2009

morning dew

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my face

in the morning dew

my face



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my smile

in the morning dew

my smile






わが顔も
朝露の中
わが顔も




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morning dew, asa tsuyu 朝露
kigo for all autumn



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sumo belt

  
  


keshoo mawashi -
tsuwamono nara no yume no ato

化粧回し兵ならの夢の跡





all that is left
of a warrior's dreams -
his sumo belt







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Daruma Museum
Takamiyama Daigoro 高見山大五郎
his Daruma mawashi and other memorabilia



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5/22/2009

garden of the mind

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A person's mind may be likened to a garden,
which may be intelligently cultivated
or allowed to run wild;
but whether cultivated or neglected,
it must, and will, bring forth.
If no useful seeds are put into it,
then an abundance of useless weed-seeds will fall therein,
and will continue to produce their kind.

Just as gardeners cultivate their plots,
keeping them free from weeds,
and growing the flowers and fruits which they require,
so may a person tend the garden of his or her mind,
weeding out all the wrong, useless, and impure thoughts,
and cultivating toward perfection the flowers and fruits of right, useful, and pure thoughts.
By pursuing this process, a person sooner or later discovers
that he or she is the master-gardener of his or her soul,
the director of his or her life.


James Allen



CLICK for the MIND


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rain

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evening rain
...................... and now
morning rain




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RAIN in various kigo




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5/20/2009

Matariki Pleiades

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matariki -
seven sisters shimmer
on my monitor




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



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5/18/2009

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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5/16/2009

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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5/13/2009

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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5/10/2009

bee

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a bee disappears
in the red flower -

my busy days



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5/09/2009

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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