sleepless night

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rainy season ...
I peer through
the raindrops






Movement of the rain clouds.
My home is just in the middle of the photo
where I made the red dot.



and a bit later, toward the end of this fit of rain



rainy season -
the drama of clouds
between mountain peaks


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Got quite a pounding on the old tin roof, and still going on ...
. weather.yahoo.co.jp/weather/


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You can tell whether one is clever
by his or her answers.
You can tell whether one is wise
by his or her questions.

Naguib Mahfouz


rainy season ...
shall I write a wet haiku
or a dry one ?


rainy season ...
shall I write a clever haiku
or a wise one ?



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and for good measure, the daily ISSA on the subject


big winter rain
or little winter rain...
sleeping is hard

ooshigure ko shigure neru mo muzukashi ya
大時雨小しぐれ寝るもむづかしや

Tr. David Lanoue


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some comments

I enjoyed the humor in these, Gabi...
they compliment each other nicely!

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Gabi, the playful and gentle spirit here gives me a lift.

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Yes, you've captured the 'lightness' of the haiku spirit so well!!!

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hi GABI - i enjoyed the wry humour in these two. i enjoy light-hearted haiku so yours brought much pleasure to me. thanks.



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Spring sunshine

spring sunshine - the crocus smiles just like me ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo spring sunshine - meandering shadows on the large roof ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo spring wind - huge pollen clouds from the nearby forest

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Looking down the valley at my neighbours place.



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pink morning

pink morning - what else can I say but THANK YOU ! pink morning what else can I say but NAMU AMIDA ! my neighbour below GokuRakuAn ... the Roof wild fields in pink sunshine pink morning mist - GokuRakuAn at its best 鴇色の朝を迎えて南無阿弥陀

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薄紅の大垪和の朝や言葉なし

pale pink morning in Ohaga
without words

rosaroter Morgen
in Ohaga ...
ohne Worte


Nakamura Sakuo

Thank you, Sakuo san!

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spider sunbeams

aki fukashi　秋深し autumn deepens - my spider still weaves sunbeams

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I have been observing HIM for quite a few weeks now, hanging in mid-air down from the roof. It must be a HIM, withstanding some rather strong gales and the first frost this morning ...



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Spiders ... (kumo, Japan) Spider web, Cob web. Spinne

Autumn deepens (aki fukashi) Japan.
Basho's famous haiku translations



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WKD - Tombi, tobi kite

[ . BACK to Worldkigo TOP . ]
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signs of my spring - the tombi high above my roof

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He lives with his family in the nearby forest and when he starts cruising the valley, we know its time for nestbuilding !　The pronounciation of his hame is tobi or tombi.


The motto of my hermitage is:

To live whilst looking at the back of the tombi.
鳶の背中を見てくらす！

when he cruises the valley below us ...


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nest of the black kite, tobi no su 鳶の巣（とびのす)
kigo for all spring


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The name of the bird by itself is not used as a kigo, we observe the bird all year round.

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. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .

- Matsuo Basho told his disciples:

鳶に乗て春を送るに白雲や
tobi ni notte haru o okuru ni shirakumo ya

Riding on a kite
to see the parting spring--
the white clouds


... alludes to the Xiaoyaoyou (carefree wandering) chapter of the Zhuangzi, in which the philosopher Liezi is depicted as soaring to the skies by rinding on the wind.
source : Peipei Qiu: Basho and the Dao


Liezi 列子 Resshi （れっし）
[Liezi] could ride the wind and go soaring around with cool and breezy skill, but after fifteen days he came back to earth.
©　More in the WIKIPEDIA !



. Chinese background of Japanese kigo .


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The Black Kite, Milan noir

The Black Kite (Milvus migrans) is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards, and harriers.
Wikipedia has more !





high autumn sky -
the soaring kite
takes my soul

© Gabi Greve, 2005



The days are getting warmer.
We have started cooking outside in the garden, enjoying the splendid view of the green mountains while food is simmering.
The big kite and his wife are circling slowly over our valley.

summer picknick -
a bird dropping right into
the cooking pot

©　Gabi Greve, Summer 2007


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. tobishoku, tobi-shoku 鳶職 carpenters
who worked in the fire brigade in Edo .


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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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silent night

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dark night ... a firefly flies over my roof two days later dark night ... three fireflies brighten my valley again two days later silent night ... the delicate shimmer of fireflies

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At first I was tempted to write ... a silent night
to make sure it was not THE Silent Night ... spelled mostly with capital S and N.

It is like a Christmas present to see these thousands of fireflies in the remote valley in complete silence, up and down, back and forth ... and we can enjoy it for about two, three weeks if there is no rain at night ..




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crows crows crows

leaves half eaten yamataro at work . . . yamataro squashed on the wall

We have large flocks of crows these days, coming to feed on the yamataro-catarpillars which appear in thousands to feed on a special autumn weed.
The crows are leaving their "output" on the road and on my roof and everywhere ...


... the same food chain every year
... the same excitement evey year
... the same old haiku every year ...


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quote
a murder of crows

-This more poetic term for a flock of crows can be traced back at least to the 15th century, when it was recorded as a murther of crowes. Murther is a variant of Middle English murthre 'murder,' though the th sound had begun to be replaced with a d around 1300 C.E. There are several theories as to how this particular term came about, but all of them have to do with the supposed behavior of crows.

For instance, crows are scavengers and therefore often seen feeding on rotting bodies of various sorts. Survivors of wars have described how the battlefields were covered in black as crows (and ravens) came down to eat the dead. Another theory hearkens back to old folklore which told of groups of crows essentially holding court over members of their flock that had committed offenses. If they decide against the "defendant" crow, then the rest of the flock swoops down on it and kills it.

There are legends outside of the Germanic culture that relate to crows being judges over people as well, and how their appearance is an omen of death.
source : livejournal.com/word_ancestry 　


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A murder of crows
is a phrase employing a collective noun to refer to a group of crows.

A Murder of Crows may refer to:

A Murder of Crows (film), 1999 film
A Murder of Crows (album), 2003 studio album by Deadsoul Tribe
A Murder of Crows, a level in Myth II
The Murder of Crows, a level in Hitman: Blood Money
Sword of the Stars: A Murder of Crows, an expansion to the video game Sword of the Stars
©　More in the WIKIPEDIA !


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Caw, caw cuts the air
black fluttering in the trees
a murder of crows

Yutaka Kitajima, 2007

source : www.asahi.com/english/haiku


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. Crow, Raven (karasu) KIGO 　



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Shuraku-En Park

Dragon Branches dragon branches - the old park is back to life 鯉の口　大きく開いて　落花飲む koi no kuchi ookiku aite rakka nomu this old carp opens his big mouth to drink petals

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rainy season

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rain on the roof ...
thr rainy season starts
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入梅　 2008年6月11日


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snow pheasant

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late snow -
a pheasant calls
in the morning mist



late snow -
tiny icicles lace
the old roof



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autumn walk

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February Sun

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February Sun -
the growing threat of
global warming




February Sun -
a myriad birdsongs
in my valley

　

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屋根までに雪が積もるや温暖化

global warming -
up to the roof
in heavy snow

© Gabi Greve, December 22, 2005



Global warming, a Haiku Topic


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rain rain rain

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no birdsong -
only strong rain drums
on my roof



Japan is full to the brink with rainwater ...
For the last three days, almost constant rain of the strongest kind.

西日本で豪雨、土砂崩れなど被害続く





I wake up from the pounding, after an almost sleepless night, the third in a row.
The grey umbrella shows we had 11 mm/h from six to nine this morning.
next
The grey umbrella shows we had 7 mm/h from nine till 12 this morning.



. 大雨　まだ　大雨　
BIG RAIN



http://www.rsk.co.jp/weather/kousui2.html



Just watched the 11 o'clock news
Wednesday, 14th of July 2010

Kagoshima is hit in many places, rivers overflowing, mudslides, hole mountain slopes coming down.
Forcast is more heavy rain for Western Japan, including red-alert warnings for our area.




More rain is expected until mid-day tomorrow, the 15th:
maybe 150 ml in 24 hours
with strong downpoors of 50 - 70 ml in one hour ... oh dear !

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Morning of Thursday, July 15

The night was not as bad as predicted in my area, now it is raining "peacefully" just a little, until tomorrow ... we hope.


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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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Winter Walk

winter walk - I still see flowers on my way so bright and orange - late persimmons to share with the crows one last second - susuki grass and my roof and then the clouds cover it all - winter shadows !

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