11/15/2010
QUOTE finding hope
When things are bad,
we take comfort in the thought
that they could always be worse.
And when they are,
we find hope in the thought
that things are so bad
they have to get better.
Malcolm S. Forbes
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11/14/2010
little crab
morning walk - a little crab stares at me |
She was sitting in the middle of the road.
I picked her up
and put her in the shadow of some weeds.
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. Crab (kani 蟹) : KIGO
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11/13/2010
life in shadows
life in the shadows - even the momiji are black |
. JOIN ME
an autumn walk
. Life in the shadows .
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shiawase happiness
. START the walk from HERE
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. happiness, bliss (shiawase) and HAIKU
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11/12/2010
simplify
The ability to simplify
means to eliminate the unnecessary
so that the necessary may speak.
Hans Hofmann
. simply haiku .
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first frost
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First Frost !
My neighbors too
must be freezing !
. First Frost, 2005
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11/10/2010
winter morning
winter morning -
an old witch brews
her magic tea
My husband is away on business,
so I am home alone, for better or worse.
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Some oldies from 2003
A Millionairs Morning
ruby red tail
bird on a branch
in white snow
melting snow
dripping diamonds
from each branch
early sunrays
mere molehills turn
golden mountains
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Morgen eines Millionaers
Rubinroter Schwanz
Vogel auf einem Ast
In weissem Schnee
Schmelzender Schnee
Tropfende Diamanten
Von jedem Ast
Fruehe Sonnenstrahlen
Ein Maulwurfshuegel wird
Zum Goldenen Berg.
And all of this within 30 minutes.
We are all SOOO rich!
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. HOT DRINKS
Winter SAIJIKI
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11/09/2010
winter storm
whatever happens
I take as "the best" --
winter storm
Two large low-pressure systems with cold air over the Sea of Japan, heading down ...
with whipping wind and all ...
a typhoon by any other name ...
and maybe 24 more hours to go ...
what a scene -
colored leaves are blown
before they fall
Outside the window, colored leaves are blown by.
They might have made it on their trees for a bit longer,
if it was not for these bursts of super-strong wind.
In Utsunomiya town they had the first frost of this year on the morning of November 6. About eight days later than usual.
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11/08/2010
extinct birds
autumn memories -
the sound of birds
long extinct
. WKD : BIRD SAIJIKI
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New Zealand
The value of conservation is better understood by an appreciation of lost biodiversity. New Zealand's greatest biological loss is 42 percent of its' terrestrial birds since human settlement 700 years ago. The 57 extinct birds evolved in an isolated land, and without mammal predators, developed various levels of flightlessness, ground feeding and nesting habits, and fearlessness over millions of years.
source : www.terranature.org
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! aha !
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11/07/2010
salt spilled
salt spilled
on a black tray -
chrystal galaxies
. WASHOKU
Salt in Japanese Culture
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11/06/2010
quality of time
Milky Way -
the spiritual quality
of time
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The theory of relativity is synonymous with the name of Albert Einstein, who gave to the world a new concept pertaining to the interrelationship of the energies of life. It is the Kabalarian intention to establish a new philosophical concept of relativity applicable to
the spiritual quality of time.
The understanding of time is a challenging mental exercise. It is easy superficially to equate time to the position of the earth relative to the sun and even the graduations of changes with civilizations, geological periods, and celestial positions. However, there is a much more subtle yet profound recognition of the value of time and the intelligence of time.
Read MORE
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kairos - καιρός - the right moment
the right or opportune moment
the supreme moment
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calendar time
A calendar is a system of organizing days for social, religious, commercial, or administrative purposes. This is done by giving names to periods of time, typically days, weeks, months, and years.
The name given to each day is known as a date.
Many civilizations and societies have devised a calendar, usually derived from other calendars on which they model their systems, suited to their particular needs.
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How much "spiritual quality time"
do you experience each day?
Is your "haiku time" a spiritual time?
Feel free to leave your thoughts as a comment.
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starless night--
the baby's hunger
measures time
Remembering when time was all about "feed on demand".
Carole MacRury
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night shift -
falling asleep with
the dawn's chorus
sprite
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lazy afternoon-
I drift along with the breeze
and dandelion seeds
Alan Summers
1. Haiku Friends 2 ed. Masaharu Hirata, Osaka, Japan 2007
2. Aesthetics, Bath Spa University literary journal, Summer 2007
3. Haiga artwork by Kuniharu Shimizu (Tokyo, Japan)
4. Creative Writing Bath ekphrastic challenge (2010)
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quality time-
break between lessons
for haiku
Alex Serban
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. Calendar Time in the Japanese Saijiki
. The Milky Way (ama no kawa, amanogawa) as KIGO
. Time Memorial Day (toki no kinenbi)
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11/04/2010
dokuraku
独楽 dokuraku hitori de tanoshimu 熊谷守一 Kumagai Morikazu (1880―1977) to enjoy his garden all by himself - to enjoy life |
Kumagai Morikazu
is mostly recognized as a representa-tive painter of the Japanese modern age. Kimura Teizo (1913-2003), a Nagoya art collector, first discovered Kumagai's talents and assisted him in various ways throughout his life. When they first met, Kumagai was 25 and Kimura, 59 but they formed a bond that lasted a lifetime. Many of Kumagai's works are simple and offer the viewer a calm and nostalgic feeling.
Although Kumagai is known generally as a western-style painter, he left behind various styles of artwork, including Japan-ese paintings and calligraphies. Kimura bought more than 100 pieces of his work and his ability to identify authentic talent was amazing. Even after Kumagai's death, Kimura's collection of Kumagai's paint-ings grew year by year.
Kimura and his wife donated the collection to the Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art. This collection consists of about 50 oil paintings, 100 Japanese-style paintings, 40 calligraphies, and 20 sculptures and paintings on pottery, which gives the entire picture of Kumagai's artistic output, offering an interesting insight into the diversity of Kumagai's world.
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For the last thirty years of his life, after loosing two children to disease, he lived in a home in Tokyo, with a small garden, that turned out to become his paradise. He put up tree stumps in six locations to enjoy the view, spending hours to observe the animals, from the smallest ants to the bigger birds and the cats in the neighbourhood.
He could stare at a puddle
until he had grasped
the essence of raindrops.
He could lie on his back on the earth, watching the sun pass through the trees and observe the changes of shadows, the bees and the butterflies, the little flowers and the weeds.
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11/03/2010
Birthday
a chorus of raven in the dark morning sky - happy birthday to me ................................................................................. birthday kisses - the lingering taste of honey |
. November 3 -
Culture Day in Japan
was
Birthday of Emperor Meiji
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Happy birthday, dear Gabi!
お誕生日おめでとうございます。Tanjoubi Omedetou!
Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag!
С Днём рождения!!!
СРЕЋАН РОЂЕНДАН, ДРАГА ГАБИ!
Wishes from facebook WKD
恵
may your birthday be filled with joy
...every day be blessed with poetry
grave or light hearted you could be
unto the last moment of your life!
may your brush be busy
in composing and writing haiku!
Wishes from facebook : Gabi
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10/31/2010
Tanada Festival
a hot baloon hovers in the valley - autumn festival |
. Ohaga Culture Festival October 2010
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Hokusai on google
Google.co.jp, October 31 |
. Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎
(1760-1849)
. Various Dragons from Hokusai
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