Carpe Diem #1191 (spring) shawl or haru shoru
grandmother’s blue shawl
still perfumed with the spring wind
and the scent of home
Carpe Diem #1190 spring wind (supuringu waindo)
spring wind
grass ruffles and bends
violets quiver
~~~
scent of lilac
carried on the spring wind
rousing moonlight
spring wind
tickles flowering clusters
on the maple tree
Carpe Diem Universal Jane #14 Basho’s “Old Pond”
splash
a large frog lands
in the birdbath
walking by ponds edge
loud splash of a frog jumping
both of us startled
~~~
Basho’s old pond
long since silenced
sound only memory
Carpe Diem #1187 unmelted snow (yuki no hate / zansetsu)
unmelted snow
weights the jonquil’s head
early spring
~~~
spring crocus
breaking through
unmelted snow
head bowed
beneath unmelted snow
early rose
‘
last years flowers
encased in frozen tomb
longing for the sun
14 Whoever is pregnant with evil conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment. 15 Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit they have made. 16 The trouble they cause recoils on them; their violence comes down on their own heads.
Beware you who are filled with evil,
you who breathe falsehoods,
you who stir up agitation and panic.
Oh you who cause the poor to be disheartened,
you who have dug a trench of wrong doings,
be careful less you plunge in.
Beware you evildoer pregnant with mischief
for the troubles you will cause rain on you head,
your cruelty will be repaid in full.
Carpe Diem Namasté, The Spiritual Way #6 Haiku’s State of Mind – Zen
empty hallway
the wind blows the curtain
stirring memories
morning mist
wraps the day
in emptiness
trimming the rose bush
planted our first summer
still missing you
~~~
a prick of a thorn
drawing a drop of blood
reopening wounds
~~~
petals unfold
heartache lessens
day by day
by itself
a single drop is just a drop
together a storm
a drop of water
reflecting on itself
all its world
reflected
in a single drop of water
perfect ecosphere
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