11/19/2007

spider sunbeams

  
  


aki fukashi 秋深し


01 Spider sunshine



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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11/18/2007

autumn clouds

  
  

Harbour Tower


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Harbour Tower -
autumn crowds enjoying
autumn clouds






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Enjoy some great CLOUD photos !
雲の情景 -Cloudscape Fukuoka- by Junichi Kai


A friend wrote me she was going to enjoy the "Kyoto Crowds" in autumn now. This inspired me to the haiku about CROWDS and CLOUDS, both pronounced the same in Japanese.
Googeling for a photo, I found the beatuful one by Junichi Kai.
The tower is in Hakata Port.



Clouds (kumo) and Haiku


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11/17/2007

winter shadows

  
  



fields shadow


winter shadows -
my glass is still
half full



yellow shadows





cosmos flowers in sunshine and shade







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After writing this haiku I checked a bit about Issa and his "lot in life"

My Life, my fate (mi no ue)

Take your time to explore Issa !



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11/14/2007

Diary

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dear diary -

I write my haiku

just for YOU




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Haiku wa nikki no bungaku.
NHK Haiku, Yasuda Yoo 安原葉, November 2007

Haiku is the literature of diaries.

Haiku is a diary in literature form.




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11/12/2007

first frost haiga

  
  



billie old fingers tree





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Haiku and arrangement by Billie, Photo by Gabi.


Kiku Makura
Billie Dee



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11/10/2007

counting shadows

  
  




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clear water of autumn -
counting shadows
counting fish





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Join me on a slide show of Lake Okutsu .
(36 photos)
Slide Show, take your time to enjoy!



Water clears (mizu sumu) Water in Autumn (aki no mizu)


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Gabi
the first haiku in particular is just wonderful!
I couldn't resist sharing it with my esperantist friends:


aŭtuna lumo klara
nombranta ombrojn
nombranta fiŝojn


tr. Darlington

Hajko en Esperanto

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11/07/2007

different faces

  
  



08 yellow hearts



autumn walk ...
each leaf shows
a different face




09 sky red leaves






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11/04/2007

autumn quilt

  
  



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autumn colors -
I remember mother's
favorite quilt



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ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo




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. Autumn Leaves (momiji, kooyoo 紅葉)
yellow leaves, colored leaves


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11/03/2007

chrysanthemum dew

  
  


07 dew on petals



chrysanthemum dew -
I sip a bit of
long life






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. . . Chrysanthemum Dew and Longevity




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deck chair

  
  


Sunshine the whole day,
but the days are getting shorter.
In the early evening a cold wind takes over.
We have to be early for our daily valley watch.

And sometimes we have this pleasant surprise
at the bottom ...




autumn evening -
the lingering warmth
of this old deck chair






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02 local we

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A friend has commented:

Nice one, Gabi.
Do you need the dash?

Good question, indeed I do.

Coming from a traditional Japanese haiku background, I am used to a kireji, a cut marker, which is visible in Japanese and a cherished ingredient in traditional haiku.
Right now, NHK is featuring a session of 24 lessons within two years about the CUT and the CUT MARKERS!


You might read more about it here
http://haikutopics.blogspot.com/2006/06/kireji.html



I try to keep the three requirements for a traditional Japanese haiku

5-7-5 (make this short long short in English)
one season word (kigo) and
one cut marker.

kire  切 means CUT
kireji  切字 means CUT MARKER




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moss kigo

  
  



山寺の 苔に隠れし 祈り哉



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mountain temple -
a prayer overgrown
with moss






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Comments from friends:

hi gabi
i like the image you portray here, quite serene

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I like the ku and the associations, Gabi. ... 'overgrown' is good and literal in context of your photo, where the 'prayer' is most likely written rather than spoken or thought.

...'overtaken by moss' would be an alternative that would add a humorous note ..but perhaps only to those who share my sense of humour.

My goodness...someone has gone and crocheted a little hot pink beanie for that statue and popped a baby's bib on it, too! What an odd contrast.

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i like this haiku (and the photo) very much!

the haiku tells in a very interesting way about time (the present, the past, about lifetime, about history...)

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Hi, Gabi San, I loved the photo and the haiku -- "a prayer overgrown with moss", no matter how objective here, is also a great metaphor. "Overgrown" is not past tense, but passive (the moss does the action, not the prayer) and there's nothing wrong in using it.

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Gabi, nothing to say about your fine haiku, except "Well done."

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Delightful, Gabi!
I enjoyed the haiku, the photo, the info and the conversation...
an interesting thread!

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Gorgeous haiku, Gabi -
I really like how instructional you are with your haiku. I learn much by reading the links you provide - keep it up! Again, wonderful, visual haiku.

AHA


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MOSS as KIGO



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Good Morning

  
  










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Billie Dee did the arrangements !
Here is my original photo and haiku.

Thank you, Billie !




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11/02/2007

violet chrysanthemum

  
  



01 morning chrysanthemum



good morning !
she nodds in the
autumn sunshine




02 detail





shadows
in the flower heart -
her outstreched arms




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01 redyellow chrysanthemums


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03 CLICK for enlargement !



04 some more



05 just one









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11/01/2007

October 31

  
  



04 asters morning



rather cold
asters reach toward
the morning sun



06 asters yellow



ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo


dew on the petals



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10/30/2007

Chianti GREVE

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cheers ...
to the best name
I could wish for



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A spiritual journey through the Greve in Chianti community is aimed at gaining greater knowledge of the development of religious art in a land strongly marked with a human presence and attention to the different forms of devotion that intimately penetrate all the social strata; not only priceless works of architecture, sculpture and art that are found in the most important worship buildings, but also numerous evidences of a relatively minor art that is traceable everwhere, from the isolated chapel in the forest, to the remote crosses on the top of the knolls and hills, to the votive tabernacles scattered along the road network.

Following a route on a quest to discover these works is of extreme interest and the variety of settlements would entail a longer account; we confine ourselves to suggesting two main routes, one across the valley of Greve, and the other along the ridge that separate it from the Valdarno (on the east) and from the valley of Pesa (val di Pesa) (on the west).

VAL DI GREVE / Greve Valley in Italy Toscana, Tuscany



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