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light snow -
a woodpecker hammers
in the silence
. woodpecker, kitsutsuki 啄木鳥
basically a kigo for all autumn, but these days I hear him every morning when I open the window.
And today, in the silence of freshly fallen snow, the sound was most eerie in the valley !
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neve leggera -
il martello di un picchio
nel silenzio
Tr. by Moussia
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2/11/2011
2/09/2011
new sponge
| I scrub the sink with a new sponge - rain in winter  |
. Kitchen and Haiku .
kitchen haiku 台所俳句 daidokoro haiku
an expression coined by Takahama Kyoshi
about the female haiku poets of his time
. Introducing Haiku Poets
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2/06/2011
sharing a big cup
| sharing a GREAT cup with all the haiku friends - winter sunshine  |
. Saidaiji Oochamori 西大寺大茶盛
serving big cups of green tea at temple Saidai-Ji
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Isa later posted this on
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1/30/2011
icicles and Kisagata
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cold sunshine -
the icicles refuse
to melt
rondo in my valley -
now snowfall
now sunshine
Morning minus seven centigrade
Mid-day minus three centigrade
next morning, Monday 31
minus nine -9℃
kylmä auringon paiste -
jääpuikot kieltäytyvät
sulamasta
My Icicle haiku in Finnish, translated by
Juhani Tikkanen
(facebook)
. . . . .
and this is how America feels in the last few days, too much snow
Snow My Gosh
Snomageddon
Snowpocalypse
Snowtorious
Snowzilla
all snover again
Mega Snowstorm Pounds Moves East with Snow, Ice, Freezing Temperatures
A colossal winter storm dropping snow and ice from Texas to Maine has left two thirds of the nation facing downed power lines, shuttered highways and thousands of airport cancellations.
source : abcnews.go.com
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drinking at the lake
first it is sunny
then it rains
SU DONG-PO (1037-1101)
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象潟の欠をかぞへて鳴千鳥
kisagata no kake wo kazoete naku chidori
counting the remains
of Kisa Lagoon...
a singing plover
This haiku has the prescript: "Into the bowels of the earth." Kisa Lagoon (Kisagata) was ravaged by an earthquake in Sixth Month, 1804. The effect, according to Shinji Ogawa, was that the seabed was raised and the "beautiful scenery like a miniature archipelago suddenly became dry land."
Tr. and comment, David Lanoue
象潟や蛍まぶれの早苗舟
kisagata ya hotaru mabure no sanae fune
Kisagata lagoon -
fireflies sparkle
around the rice-planting boat
. Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 .
When I visited Kisakata in Akita, it was not a lagoon any more, an earthquake in 1804 had lifted the ground and many former islands where standing above the ground.
The landscape is most impressive, often compared to the islands of Matsushima.
象潟や 雨に西施が ねぶの花
kisakata ya ame ni seishi ga nebu no hana
Kisagata lagoon,
in the rain Xishi,s eyes are closed
blossoms of the silk tree
Tr. Massih
A flowering silk tree in the sleepy rain of Kisakata
Reminds me of Lady Seishi
In sorrowful lament
Tr. Nobuyuki Yuasa
Matsuo Basho
. Comments of Facebook
Matsuo Basho - Oku no Hosomichi
. Tsuruoka and Kisakata 鶴岡 と 象潟 (きさかた).
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cold sunshine -
the icicles refuse
to melt
rondo in my valley -
now snowfall
now sunshine
Morning minus seven centigrade
Mid-day minus three centigrade
next morning, Monday 31
minus nine -9℃
kylmä auringon paiste -
jääpuikot kieltäytyvät
sulamasta
My Icicle haiku in Finnish, translated by
Juhani Tikkanen
(facebook)
. . . . .
and this is how America feels in the last few days, too much snow
Snow My Gosh
Snomageddon
Snowpocalypse
Snowtorious
Snowzilla
all snover again
Mega Snowstorm Pounds Moves East with Snow, Ice, Freezing Temperatures
A colossal winter storm dropping snow and ice from Texas to Maine has left two thirds of the nation facing downed power lines, shuttered highways and thousands of airport cancellations.
source : abcnews.go.com
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drinking at the lake
first it is sunny
then it rains
SU DONG-PO (1037-1101)
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象潟の欠をかぞへて鳴千鳥
kisagata no kake wo kazoete naku chidori
counting the remains
of Kisa Lagoon...
a singing plover
This haiku has the prescript: "Into the bowels of the earth." Kisa Lagoon (Kisagata) was ravaged by an earthquake in Sixth Month, 1804. The effect, according to Shinji Ogawa, was that the seabed was raised and the "beautiful scenery like a miniature archipelago suddenly became dry land."
Tr. and comment, David Lanoue
象潟や蛍まぶれの早苗舟
kisagata ya hotaru mabure no sanae fune
Kisagata lagoon -
fireflies sparkle
around the rice-planting boat
. Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 .
When I visited Kisakata in Akita, it was not a lagoon any more, an earthquake in 1804 had lifted the ground and many former islands where standing above the ground.
The landscape is most impressive, often compared to the islands of Matsushima.
象潟や 雨に西施が ねぶの花
kisakata ya ame ni seishi ga nebu no hana
Kisagata lagoon,
in the rain Xishi,s eyes are closed
blossoms of the silk tree
Tr. Massih
A flowering silk tree in the sleepy rain of Kisakata
Reminds me of Lady Seishi
In sorrowful lament
Tr. Nobuyuki Yuasa
Matsuo Basho
. Comments of Facebook
Matsuo Basho - Oku no Hosomichi
. Tsuruoka and Kisakata 鶴岡 と 象潟 (きさかた).
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1/25/2011
snowflakes
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winter dawn
the stone Buddha wears a kesa
of snow
Jenifer
source : Facebook
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QUOTES with HAIKU
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QUOTES with HAIKU
I have various threads under this heading, here are a few to explore
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Quotes with Haiku and Happiness
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Quotes with Haiku from this BLOG
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If you are seeking creative ideas,
go out walking.
Angels whisper to us
when we go for walks.
Raymond Inman
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Creativity comes from the spiritual realm,
the collective consciousness.
And the mind is in a different realm
than the molecules of the brain.
The brain is a receiver, not a source.
Candace Pert
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my daily walk -
the empty heart
finds haiku
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QUOTES with HAIKU
I have various threads under this heading, here are a few to explore
. MORE
Quotes with Haiku and Happiness
. MORE
Quotes with Haiku from this BLOG
. Quotes to cope with FEAR
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If you are seeking creative ideas,
go out walking.
Angels whisper to us
when we go for walks.
Raymond Inman
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Creativity comes from the spiritual realm,
the collective consciousness.
And the mind is in a different realm
than the molecules of the brain.
The brain is a receiver, not a source.
Candace Pert
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my daily walk -
the empty heart
finds haiku
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Quotes with Haiku
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1/23/2011
deeper levels
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cold night -
the deeper levels of dreams
and fears
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for a friend on facebook, who was also living in the deep freeze
tomato sauce -
looking at the bright side
of food
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January 23
when celsius
and farenheit meet -
freeze in America
Another record low is predicted for tonight in America and for us here too.
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Lovely haiku Gabi - deep and mysterious!
A beautiful haiku about the coldness of night. I love it!
So beautiful, Gabi !
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瓶割るる夜の氷の寝覚め哉
kame waruru yoru no koori no mezame kana
I wake up at night (from the sound of)
the water jar breaking
from the ice
Matsuo Basho
. WKD : Ice and Haiku
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cold night -
the deeper levels of dreams
and fears
.................................................................................
for a friend on facebook, who was also living in the deep freeze
tomato sauce -
looking at the bright side
of food
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January 23
when celsius
and farenheit meet -
freeze in America
Another record low is predicted for tonight in America and for us here too.
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Lovely haiku Gabi - deep and mysterious!
A beautiful haiku about the coldness of night. I love it!
So beautiful, Gabi !
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瓶割るる夜の氷の寝覚め哉
kame waruru yoru no koori no mezame kana
I wake up at night (from the sound of)
the water jar breaking
from the ice
Matsuo Basho
. WKD : Ice and Haiku
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1/20/2011
snowed in again
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snowed in -
the same haiku
as yesterday
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snowed in -
the same haiku
as yesterday
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1/19/2011
Professor Seckel
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Lieber Herr Professor !
is it too late to write
this letter now?
For my unforgettable teacher of East-Asian Art at Heidelberg University.
Professor für Ostasiatische Kunstsgeschichte,
Universität Heidelberg 1965 - 1976
. Prof. Dr. Dietrich Seckel
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Lieber Herr Professor !
is it too late to write
this letter now?
For my unforgettable teacher of East-Asian Art at Heidelberg University.
Professor für Ostasiatische Kunstsgeschichte,
Universität Heidelberg 1965 - 1976
. Prof. Dr. Dietrich Seckel
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1/18/2011
snow on reeds
 waking up to a load of snow - susuki bending low   |
. Pampas grass (susuki, obana)
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1/16/2011
snow meditation
 undisturbed by snow and cold - winter meditation  |
My Stone Buddha on the left, in a snow cover.
Here is the plant during her short life in summer:
. Liliy to be born !
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1/15/2011
snowflakes in sunshine
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snowflakes in sunshine -
the dirt on my windows
shows clearly
Expecting a blizzard for tomorrow, seems to start now . . . brrrrr . . . temperatures dropping as I write . . .
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Next Morning, Sunday at Six
Minus 7 centigrate, snow keeps falling ...
blizzard -
the heavy weight
of snowflakes
. Daily Snow Record in my Valley in Ohaga
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Look at more SNOW photos
Palm tree in snow
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snowflakes-
grandfather's eyes
shine
Alex Serban
Romania, January 2012
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Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things,
but just look at what they can do
when they stick together.
Vesta M. Kelly
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snowflakes in sunshine -
the dirt on my windows
shows clearly
Expecting a blizzard for tomorrow, seems to start now . . . brrrrr . . . temperatures dropping as I write . . .
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Next Morning, Sunday at Six
Minus 7 centigrate, snow keeps falling ...
blizzard -
the heavy weight
of snowflakes
. Daily Snow Record in my Valley in Ohaga
. PHOTO ALBUM
Look at more SNOW photos
Palm tree in snow
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snowflakes-
grandfather's eyes
shine
Alex Serban
Romania, January 2012
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Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things,
but just look at what they can do
when they stick together.
Vesta M. Kelly
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1/14/2011
enlightenment
| enlightenment - my Daruma squeezed into a lightbulb  |
Chikaramizu,
a new power drink to pass the examinations
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“A haiku is the expression of a temporary enlightenment
in which we see into the life of things.”
R.H. Blyth
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1/10/2011
cats napping
 the cats take a nap at their favorit spaces - winter sunshine  ................................................................................. Haiku kun wakes up  |
. Cats in Paradise ..
O-Tsu and Haiku-Kun お津と俳句くん
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1/06/2011
cold day
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cold sunlight -
sparkling snowflakes fall
from the blue sky
Even the daily high is below freezing point.
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cold sunlight -
sparkling snowflakes fall
from the blue sky
Even the daily high is below freezing point.
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