Carpe Diem On The Trail With Basho Encore (2) fragile twigs
fragile twigs
breaking off the scarlet papers
autumn winds © Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)
‘Toshi’ refers to a very fragile paper made in China. The idea of the poem was that even a fragile twig could tear the paper or the twigs were too fragile to hold on to the Autumn leaves.
delicate branches
pink heads bent to the ground
after spring shower
Adas Poetry Alcove 
May 25, 2015 at 7:37 am
You paint a lovely word picture here.
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May 25, 2015 at 5:59 pm
Peonies … the queen of flowers.
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May 26, 2015 at 5:14 am
This is great and i do so like your photo as well.
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May 26, 2015 at 2:26 pm
Thanks. I couldn’t find the one after last years heavy rain.
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May 27, 2015 at 2:48 am
Oh how well I know that problem ….
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May 26, 2015 at 5:55 am
Gorgeous — now I can hardly wait for the peonies to open here 🙂
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May 26, 2015 at 2:25 pm
Ours are already gone.
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May 26, 2015 at 9:11 pm
That was fast! o.O
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June 5, 2015 at 4:51 pm
Lovely Dolores.
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