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満月や それは綺麗が 蛍なし。。。
full moon night -
how very beautiful but
no fireflies
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6/30/2007
up there
 summer heat - maybe it is cooler up there ?  |
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Read my explanation about this part of a pagoda
soorin 相隣
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6/29/2007
WKD - lizard tokage chameleon
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cutting trees -
a lizard watches
from the highest branch
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lizard 蜥蜴 (とかげ) tokage
quote
Lizards are a large and widespread group of squamate reptiles, with nearly 5,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica as well as most oceanic island chains. The group, traditionally recognized as the suborder Lacertilia, is defined as all extant members of the Lepidosauria (reptiles with overlapping scales) which are neither sphenodonts (i.e., Tuatara) nor snakes. While the snakes are recognized as falling phylogenetically within the anguimorph lizards from which they evolved, the sphenodonts are the sister group to the squamates, the larger monophyletic group which includes both the lizards and the snakes.
Most lizard species are harmless to humans. Only the very largest lizard species pose threat of death; the Komodo dragon, for example, has been known to stalk, attack, and kill humans.
Gekkota
Active hunters, the Gekkota includes three families comprising the distinctive cosmopolitan geckos and the legless flap-footed lizards of Australia and New Zealand. Like snakes, the geckos and the flap-footed lizards lack eyelids. Unlike snakes, they use their tongues to clean their often highly developed eyes. While gecko feet have unique surfaces which allow them to cling to glass and run on ceilings, the flapfoot has lost its limbs. The three families of this suborder are:
Family Eublepharidae – Eublepharid Geckos
Family Gekkonidae – Geckos
Family Pygopodidae – Flap-footed Lizards
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
lizzard
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KIGO for various seasons
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kigo for spring
tokage ana o izu 蜥蜴穴を出づ (とかげあなをいづ )
lizzard coming out of his hole
togake ana o deru 蜥蜴穴を出る（とかげあなをでる）
tokage izu 蜥蜴出づ（とかげいづ） lizard coming out
kigo for mid-spring
AUSTRALIA
dragon lizard
kigo for spring
Goanna / Monitor Lizard
topic for haiku in Australia
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all summer
tokage 蜥蜴 (とかげ) lizard
aotokage 青蜥蜴（あおとかげ）
ruritokage 瑠璃蜥蜴（るりとかげ）
shimatokage 縞蜥蜴（しまとかげ）
kurotokage 黒蜥蜴 black tokage
. . . CLICK here for TOKAGE Photos !
yamori 守宮 (やもり) Japanese gecko
... 屋守（やもり, ヤモリ）
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
imori 井守 (いもり) newt, eft, kind of salamander
akahara 赤腹（あかはら）
ibo imori イボイモリ (Tylototriton andersoni)
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
source : library666.seesaa.net
sanshoouo, sanshoo uo
山椒魚 さんしょううお salamander
..... hanzaki はんざき / 鯢 "cut in half"
(referring to the tail that might come off in danger, but the animal is not killed by this)
Hanzaki Daimyojin 鯢大明神 from Okayama
岡山県真庭市の湯原温泉の旅館街に祀られています。鯢はオオサンショウウオの別名です。
- 鯨鯢供養の地域的展開－捕鯨地域を中心に / by 松崎憲三
..... hashigami uo 椒魚（はしがみうお）"mountain pepper fish"
aburame 油魚（あぶらめ）"oil fish"
hatake dojoo はたけどじょう "loach of the field"
Hakone sanshoo uo 箱根山椒魚（はこねさんしょううお）
"salamander from Hakone"
Fuji sanshoo uo 富士山椒魚（ふじさんしょううお）
"salamander from Mount Fuji"
The hanzaki
is an aggressive salamander that grabs its prey with its powerful jaws.
- quote -
the Hanzaki is harmless... but others seem to disagree, as it does possess a good bite and has bitten humans prying too near its underwater home. Granted, the salamander in the River Monsters video is pretty pissed off at being unceremoniously ripped from its hiding hole.
. . . Anyhow ... here's some facts:
also known as the giant pepper fish (Ōsanshōuo
(オオサンショウウオ/大山椒魚)
lives to about 80 years of age - a captive one live for 52 years;
5-feet (1.524 meters) long;
50 pounds (22.7 kilograms);
long muscular body;
has hands and fingers;
has rows of hidden teeth inside its mouth;
eats fish, but will swallow it whole, where the fish is alive inside it until its gastric juices kill it;
nocturnal;
lives in cool, clear streams;
when threatened it releases a milky substance that smells like pepper;
poor eyesight;
has sensory cells along body that help it hunt and sense prey;
lays eggs under water - two eggs sacs each containing about 70 eggs at a time;
2nd-largest salamander in world after Chinese Giant Salamander at 1.8 meters (6-feet);
survivor from the Upper Jurassic age of 140 million years ago.
According to a story from Japan, about 400 years ago in Asahigawa Asahi River at a placed called Ryuto-ga-fuchi (Dragon's Head Abyss) locals say there was a giant Giant Salamander that was 11 meters (36 feet) in length with a body diameter of about 5.5 meters (18 feet).
... So... do the legends of the Japanese Kappa water spirit owes it origins to the Hanzaki Japanese giant salamander?
We'll never know, of course, unless someone invents a WayBack Machine... but it seems as good a place to start as any.
source : Andrew Joseph
. Kappa names - hanzaki はんざき .
- The Kappapedia Blog -
. hazekoi はぜ鯉 sanshouo 山椒魚 Salamander .
6 legends about the salamander to explore
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kigo for mid-summer
yamori o tsuku 守宮を搗く (やもりをつく)
pounding a gecko
imori o tsuku 井守を搗く（いもりをつく）pounding a newt
imori no in 井守の印（いもりのしるし） seal of a newt
In ancient China it was believed that when you smear the body of a woman with the blood of a yamori, the red color could not be washed off, only if she sleeps with a man would it disappear. To give a proof of the chastity of the concubines in the Imperial Palace, it was the custom on May 5 to pound these animals and smear the blood on the girls' bodies. (Hence the spelling of Japanese characters, meaning "protector of the palace".)
This custom was practised in Japan for some time, it seems.
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kigo for mid-autumn
tokage ana ni iru 蜥蜴穴に入る（とかげあなにいる）
lizard begins to hibernate
"lizard goes into his hole"
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Not a kigo
. Komodo Dragon (Indonesia )
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found on the way
imori no kuroyaki いもりのくろやき(井守の黒焼（き）)
love potion
A mail and female newt are smoldered black and then made into a powder, which is put secretly into the glass of ricewine or other drink of your darling-to-be.
WASHOKU :
Love potion (horegusuri 惚薬) Liebestrunk
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Australia
. Skink lizzard, Blue-tongued skink .
the skink family (Scincidae)
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Florida, USA
Ameiva, commonly called jungle-runners, is a genus of whiptail lizards that belongs to the family of Teiidae. Member species are found in South America, Central America, Mexico, and throughout various islands of the Caribbean. Additionally, the Giant Ameiva has been introduced to Florida in the United States.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
They are around all year and thus a topic for haiku.
june morning -
a giant ameiva
runs from a bird
- Shawn Lee Whitney - JOJ -
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Kenya
Chameleon
topic for haiku
bright morning -
a colored chameleon
on a flower vase
Elung'ata Barrack, Kenya
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
(kamereon in Japanses カメレオン, a kind of tokage)
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a chameleon
slowly crossing the road . . .
Longido Hills
Patrick Wafula
Arusha Diary 2010
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a salamander peeps
through a cracked wall-
sudden light
Andrew Otinga
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chameleon --
my cousin screams
while running away
coffee plant --
a chameleon turns
to green colour
Douglas Nugi
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YEMEN
Veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus)
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HAIKU
old tree--
into its stillness
a grass lizard
roh mih, Manila, Philippines
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how small!
the lizard
I am afraid of
- Shared by Hengameh Ahmadi -
Joys of Japan, August 2012
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old pine --
a lizard leaves its tail
in my fingers
- Shared by Ed Bremson -
Joys of Japan, August 2012
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cutting trees -
a lizard watches
from the highest branch
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lizard 蜥蜴 (とかげ) tokage
quote
Lizards are a large and widespread group of squamate reptiles, with nearly 5,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica as well as most oceanic island chains. The group, traditionally recognized as the suborder Lacertilia, is defined as all extant members of the Lepidosauria (reptiles with overlapping scales) which are neither sphenodonts (i.e., Tuatara) nor snakes. While the snakes are recognized as falling phylogenetically within the anguimorph lizards from which they evolved, the sphenodonts are the sister group to the squamates, the larger monophyletic group which includes both the lizards and the snakes.
Most lizard species are harmless to humans. Only the very largest lizard species pose threat of death; the Komodo dragon, for example, has been known to stalk, attack, and kill humans.
Gekkota
Active hunters, the Gekkota includes three families comprising the distinctive cosmopolitan geckos and the legless flap-footed lizards of Australia and New Zealand. Like snakes, the geckos and the flap-footed lizards lack eyelids. Unlike snakes, they use their tongues to clean their often highly developed eyes. While gecko feet have unique surfaces which allow them to cling to glass and run on ceilings, the flapfoot has lost its limbs. The three families of this suborder are:
Family Eublepharidae – Eublepharid Geckos
Family Gekkonidae – Geckos
Family Pygopodidae – Flap-footed Lizards
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
lizzard
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KIGO for various seasons
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kigo for spring
tokage ana o izu 蜥蜴穴を出づ (とかげあなをいづ )
lizzard coming out of his hole
togake ana o deru 蜥蜴穴を出る（とかげあなをでる）
tokage izu 蜥蜴出づ（とかげいづ） lizard coming out
kigo for mid-spring
AUSTRALIA
dragon lizard
kigo for spring
Goanna / Monitor Lizard
topic for haiku in Australia
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all summer
tokage 蜥蜴 (とかげ) lizard
aotokage 青蜥蜴（あおとかげ）
ruritokage 瑠璃蜥蜴（るりとかげ）
shimatokage 縞蜥蜴（しまとかげ）
kurotokage 黒蜥蜴 black tokage
. . . CLICK here for TOKAGE Photos !
yamori 守宮 (やもり) Japanese gecko
... 屋守（やもり, ヤモリ）
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
imori 井守 (いもり) newt, eft, kind of salamander
akahara 赤腹（あかはら）
ibo imori イボイモリ (Tylototriton andersoni)
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
source : library666.seesaa.net
sanshoouo, sanshoo uo
山椒魚 さんしょううお salamander
..... hanzaki はんざき / 鯢 "cut in half"
(referring to the tail that might come off in danger, but the animal is not killed by this)
Hanzaki Daimyojin 鯢大明神 from Okayama
岡山県真庭市の湯原温泉の旅館街に祀られています。鯢はオオサンショウウオの別名です。
- 鯨鯢供養の地域的展開－捕鯨地域を中心に / by 松崎憲三
..... hashigami uo 椒魚（はしがみうお）"mountain pepper fish"
aburame 油魚（あぶらめ）"oil fish"
hatake dojoo はたけどじょう "loach of the field"
Hakone sanshoo uo 箱根山椒魚（はこねさんしょううお）
"salamander from Hakone"
Fuji sanshoo uo 富士山椒魚（ふじさんしょううお）
"salamander from Mount Fuji"
The hanzaki
is an aggressive salamander that grabs its prey with its powerful jaws.
- quote -
the Hanzaki is harmless... but others seem to disagree, as it does possess a good bite and has bitten humans prying too near its underwater home. Granted, the salamander in the River Monsters video is pretty pissed off at being unceremoniously ripped from its hiding hole.
. . . Anyhow ... here's some facts:
also known as the giant pepper fish (Ōsanshōuo
(オオサンショウウオ/大山椒魚)
lives to about 80 years of age - a captive one live for 52 years;
5-feet (1.524 meters) long;
50 pounds (22.7 kilograms);
long muscular body;
has hands and fingers;
has rows of hidden teeth inside its mouth;
eats fish, but will swallow it whole, where the fish is alive inside it until its gastric juices kill it;
nocturnal;
lives in cool, clear streams;
when threatened it releases a milky substance that smells like pepper;
poor eyesight;
has sensory cells along body that help it hunt and sense prey;
lays eggs under water - two eggs sacs each containing about 70 eggs at a time;
2nd-largest salamander in world after Chinese Giant Salamander at 1.8 meters (6-feet);
survivor from the Upper Jurassic age of 140 million years ago.
According to a story from Japan, about 400 years ago in Asahigawa Asahi River at a placed called Ryuto-ga-fuchi (Dragon's Head Abyss) locals say there was a giant Giant Salamander that was 11 meters (36 feet) in length with a body diameter of about 5.5 meters (18 feet).
... So... do the legends of the Japanese Kappa water spirit owes it origins to the Hanzaki Japanese giant salamander?
We'll never know, of course, unless someone invents a WayBack Machine... but it seems as good a place to start as any.
source : Andrew Joseph
. Kappa names - hanzaki はんざき .
- The Kappapedia Blog -
. hazekoi はぜ鯉 sanshouo 山椒魚 Salamander .
6 legends about the salamander to explore
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kigo for mid-summer
yamori o tsuku 守宮を搗く (やもりをつく)
pounding a gecko
imori o tsuku 井守を搗く（いもりをつく）pounding a newt
imori no in 井守の印（いもりのしるし） seal of a newt
In ancient China it was believed that when you smear the body of a woman with the blood of a yamori, the red color could not be washed off, only if she sleeps with a man would it disappear. To give a proof of the chastity of the concubines in the Imperial Palace, it was the custom on May 5 to pound these animals and smear the blood on the girls' bodies. (Hence the spelling of Japanese characters, meaning "protector of the palace".)
This custom was practised in Japan for some time, it seems.
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kigo for mid-autumn
tokage ana ni iru 蜥蜴穴に入る（とかげあなにいる）
lizard begins to hibernate
"lizard goes into his hole"
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Not a kigo
. Komodo Dragon (Indonesia )
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found on the way
imori no kuroyaki いもりのくろやき(井守の黒焼（き）)
love potion
A mail and female newt are smoldered black and then made into a powder, which is put secretly into the glass of ricewine or other drink of your darling-to-be.
WASHOKU :
Love potion (horegusuri 惚薬) Liebestrunk
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Australia
. Skink lizzard, Blue-tongued skink .
the skink family (Scincidae)
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Florida, USA
Ameiva, commonly called jungle-runners, is a genus of whiptail lizards that belongs to the family of Teiidae. Member species are found in South America, Central America, Mexico, and throughout various islands of the Caribbean. Additionally, the Giant Ameiva has been introduced to Florida in the United States.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
They are around all year and thus a topic for haiku.
june morning -
a giant ameiva
runs from a bird
- Shawn Lee Whitney - JOJ -
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Kenya
Chameleon
topic for haiku
bright morning -
a colored chameleon
on a flower vase
Elung'ata Barrack, Kenya
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
(kamereon in Japanses カメレオン, a kind of tokage)
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a chameleon
slowly crossing the road . . .
Longido Hills
Patrick Wafula
Arusha Diary 2010
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a salamander peeps
through a cracked wall-
sudden light
Andrew Otinga
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chameleon --
my cousin screams
while running away
coffee plant --
a chameleon turns
to green colour
Douglas Nugi
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YEMEN
Veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus)
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HAIKU
old tree--
into its stillness
a grass lizard
roh mih, Manila, Philippines
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how small!
the lizard
I am afraid of
- Shared by Hengameh Ahmadi -
Joys of Japan, August 2012
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old pine --
a lizard leaves its tail
in my fingers
- Shared by Ed Bremson -
Joys of Japan, August 2012
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6/26/2007
White Flower
| Candle Night キャンドルナイト  candle night - is the spider looking for enlightenment ?  . . . . . candle night - the beetles are having some fun in the dark   |
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Candle Night, KIGO
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candle night -
is the spider looking for
enlightenment ?
Dear Gabi,
I like this very much, and have a question.
We get drilled into us so much not to use personification and I know you're very experienced in haiku. When do you decide to make an exception (you personally)?
Dear Friend,
I try to avoid personifications and anthropomorphism as much as I can, since I believe haiku should state the objective observance, not the subjective judgement about it. I only use it when the situation really calls for it.
Here is the story to the above haiku.
It is candlenight in Japan.
A few good friends have gathered around the old pond, with the odd frog jumping in once in a while too for good measure.
In the darkness, we enjoy the conversation, then the silence, then talk again.
Plop, another frog. Silence deepens.
A firefly zips by and I tell my friends about this haiku, written a few days ago in some haiku forum after a discussion on the subject
temporary enlightenment -
just a bunch of
fireflies
Everybody chuckles ... yea, yea, the follies of us human beings ...
And silence again in the darkness.
Staring toward the white calla lily, a small spider makes its way toward the innermost flower parts. Slowly, stopping, sensing what ?
Everyone gets focussed on the spider and then another little beetle on the white flower next to it. Candlelight makes this scene especially unworldly. Like under a giant spotlight, all we see now is the spider.
And then someone asks:
Is the spider looking for
enlightenment ?
...
So my particular haiku is not really a personification, but a report about a situation during that candlenight.
Anthropomorphism - Pro and Con
Read my Haiku Archives 2007
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Princess Haiku
 princess haiku - a rose in my garden full of weeds |
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Meet a great friend HERE !
© PHOTO by Princess Haiku
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sunflowers
| let me laugh with you - sunflowers  |
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Check out a great place to be !
© Photo from Marion Acres
The Herbal Connection
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6/25/2007
atomic fallout
| atomic fallout fall out out  |
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Before dawn of March 1st in 1954, the U.S. hydrogen bomb "Bravo" blew up at the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The power was 1,000 times more than the A-bomb on Hiroshima.
The Daigo Fukuryumaru (the Fifth Lucky Dragon), a tuna fishing boat, was operating near the Rongelap Atoll, which was thought to be outside the warning area and was about 160km away from Bikini Atoll.
A few hours later, radioactive pieces of coral reef called "Ash of Death" poured down on 23 crew members of the boat.
Daigo Fukuryumaru (Fifth Lucky Dragon)
第五福竜丸の事件
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some comments
A sensitive, beautiful poem Gabi. I clicked into the link and yes, a sad story indeed!
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you have a sensitive, gentle, beautiful heart, gabi-san.
Bless you.
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Gabi san, I was deeply moved by your poem and act.
Thank you.
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Thank you for posting this Gabi. A sad story indeed.
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very sad story Gabi, we are our own worst enemy.
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Dear GABI,
With what a powerful voice you've stated your mind.
I read the report with great sadness. . . and it only got worse by the end of the write-up.
It is beyond reason why we do this to ourselves.
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i never heard about this tragedy before
thank you, Gabi! (for your good poem!, for the link)
a friend from Germany
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A fitting poem, Gabi. Thanks, Gabi.
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6/24/2007
busy bee
 busy bee ... collecting HAIKU and sunshine |
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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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Read my Haiku Archives 2007
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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!
.....
Gabi, the playful and gentle spirit here gives me a lift.
.....
Yes, you've captured the 'lightness' of the haiku spirit so well!!!
.....
hi GABI - i enjoyed the wry humour in these two. i enjoy light-hearted haiku so yours brought much pleasure to me. thanks.
............................................
Read my Haiku Archives 2007
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6/23/2007
half moon
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five o'clock -
a white half moon
in the dark blue sky
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Read my Haiku Archives 2007
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five o'clock -
a white half moon
in the dark blue sky
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Read my Haiku Archives 2007
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Madame Spider
| madame spider ... mending her torn net again and again  I observe her every morning after each rainy night ... |
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蜘蛛婦人 Kumo Fujin
Madame Spinne ...
sie flickt ihr zerrissenes Netz
wieder und wieder
oder
Madame Spinne -
sie flickt ihr Netz
wieder und wieder
くも母さん 何度も何度も巣を直す
kumo ka-san
nando mo nando mo
su o naosu
Tr. Nakamura Sakuo
.. Spiders in my Paradise
more
Spiders in my Paradise 。。極楽の蜘蛛
Read my Haiku Archives 2007
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6/22/2007
rainy season
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tsuyu sanaka -
nothing matters
just me and the moment
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tsuyu sanaka ... in the middle of the rainy season of Japan
KIGO : rainy season
and my Haiku kun
Haiku in 2005
WHC World Kigo Database: Rain in various kigo
Read my Haiku Archives 2007
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tsuyu sanaka -
nothing matters
just me and the moment
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tsuyu sanaka ... in the middle of the rainy season of Japan
KIGO : rainy season
and my Haiku kun
Haiku in 2005
WHC World Kigo Database: Rain in various kigo
Read my Haiku Archives 2007
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Walking my path
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trekking season -
so many stones
on my path
please add your life walk haiku !
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Read my Haiku Archives 2007
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trekking season -
so many stones
on my path
please add your life walk haiku !
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Read my Haiku Archives 2007
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6/21/2007
fireflies again
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watching fireflies ...
the first, the second and then
ALL OF THEM !
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Fireflies (hotaru) (Japan)
MORE !
my fireflies haiku
Read my Haiku Archives 2007
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watching fireflies ...
the first, the second and then
ALL OF THEM !
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Fireflies (hotaru) (Japan)
MORE !
my fireflies haiku
Read my Haiku Archives 2007
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birdsong
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summer morning -
the birdsong has no end
in my valley
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Read my Haiku Archives 2007
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summer morning -
the birdsong has no end
in my valley
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Read my Haiku Archives 2007
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