Sunday, September 7, 2014

Sparkling Stars 4


new moon has no light
yet her power draws waves and
ink from poets pens
©JP/davh



the night deepens
darker and darker the sky
without the streetlights
the night sky looks like a light show
the full moon and thousands of stars
© Chèvrefeuille
meigetsu ya ike o megurite yo mo sugara
the autumn full moon:
all night long
I paced round the lake.
© Basho
tears of joy
spilled into the old pond -
the moon's reflection

© Chèvrefeuille
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Saturday, September 6, 2014

CD : 554 -belief in spirtits




thin wisp...

thin wisp of willow
caresses the baby’s cheek
kiss from great-grama
©JP/davh




mountain wind
the spirit eye sees
traveling far
sunset
illumination of other worlds
clouds
flute notes
in spirit rocks
answers
© Jane Reichhold


shadows on the wall
in the low sunlight of autumn
spirits dancing

© Chèvrefeuille
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Friday, September 5, 2014

CD : 553 grief



a grief fills that place

a grief fills that place
where her love should have gone; and
so tears are still shed

disease grew. she left babies
no comfort can match her loss

©JP/davh



stone mountain
saying good-bye to him
was even harder
© Jane Reichhold
tsuka mo ugoke waga naku koe wa aki no kaze
shake! o tomb!
the sound of my wailing
is the wind of autumn
© Basho (Tr. Minoru Toyoda)
at the graveyard
my brother's grave covered
with colorful leaves

© Chèvrefeuille
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Thursday, September 4, 2014

heeding haiku with Ha : foundation cracks...

instinctual thoughts and raw creations


foundation cracks...
foundation cracks there
stare reflected back at me
wrinkled and spotted

banners; ashen hair color
finds no fault with my aging

©JP/davh
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

CD : GW : 23 Honor little creatures


Our host ask us to write a haibun about little creatures...
weavers
there was that late summer it must have been
that I was inclined to honor the silks they spun
from the silver maple to the ground
the tether threads several feet long -
when daily in the morning before the dew had dried
I would in leisurely comfort stride
to gather some of the black and red raspberries
in an attempt to gather enough to make some jam -
that I would carefully look so as not to break
that carefully crafted food catcher of those arachnids
even with their legs spread were no bigger than my
pinky fingernail - were they the offspring of that
on large spider who took refuge in the spare trash bin
that stood upright mouth agape under the house eave?
scurry hide quick
the giant is coming, now!
thought the spiderling

©JP/davh
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014

CD : 551 : abandoned



let lay chestnut shells
hollowed out by squirrels
abandoned trail
abandoned trail
overgrown with weeds, broken
bridge removed and gone
bridge removed and gone
hollowed out ground at the banks
by the secret creek
by the secret creek
solace found, as the seasons
leaves are shedding there
leaves are shedding there
by hollowed out chestnut shells -
migration begins

©JP/davh
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Monday, September 1, 2014

Sparkling Stars 3


botan saite atari ni hana no naki gotoshi
when the peonies bloomed,
it seemed as though there were
no flowers around them
© Kiitau

Ah! the beauty of nature -
geisha, peonies in her hair,
playing the Shakuhachi
© Chèvrefeuille
coexistence reigns
coexistence reigns
insects work diligently
creating blossoms
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creating blossoms
insects work diligently
coexistence reigns
©JP/davh

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