Carpe Diem #736 one patch of a rice field
“The willow tree with “clear water flowing” was in the village of Ashino, by a paddy path. Ashino Suketoshi, the local lord, had written to me from time to time to say, “I’d like to show you the willow”, so I had wondered in what kind of a place it would be. Today I was able to stop in the shade of this willow”.
one patch of a rice field
when it was planted I left
the willow tree © Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold).
one corner of the garden
left untended shared its weeds
as soon as I left
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one patch of earth
when it was tended
brought untold beauty
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from the willow’s shade
the song of the cuckoo
rests in the air
Adas Poetry Alcove 
May 21, 2015 at 5:59 am
This is a splendid series – chapeau!
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May 21, 2015 at 11:09 am
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed.
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May 21, 2015 at 7:47 am
I like these a lot. The first one is really terrific – the way those weeds share themselves is the bane of my garden too. 🙂
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May 21, 2015 at 11:08 am
yes…… the bane of my garden.
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May 21, 2015 at 4:12 pm
I can “see” the cuckoo’s song resting in the air. Breathtaking!
Rice Field
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May 21, 2015 at 7:09 pm
Thank you! Your poems are always so captivating. Glad you like mine.
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May 22, 2015 at 1:53 pm
You and I went weedy, didn’t we? 😉
Part of a Rice Field
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May 24, 2015 at 3:27 am
Very nice trio of haiku Suzanna
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