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Archive for November, 2011

À la recherche du temps perdu

November 30, 2011 at 9:36 am · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Birds, Buildings, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Pigeons, Poetry

Shadows of pigeons
Over a red-tiled roof…
Roman memories.

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Hermit Thrush II

November 29, 2011 at 8:50 am · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Autumn, Birds, Haiku, Plants (Shokubutsu), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Songbirds, Time of Year

Tremor in the brush -
Bright black eye and dappled breast -
Flicking tail – and gone!

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Out of Season III

November 28, 2011 at 7:03 pm · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Animals (Dobutsu), Autumn, Climate, Haiku, Insects and Spiders, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Time of Year

Warm November day
Fools one last swarm of midges
Into the pale sky.

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Perspective IV

November 23, 2011 at 9:10 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Autumn, Climate, Cold, Haiku, Health, Human Affairs (Jinji), Poetry, Rain, Seasons (Jiko), Senryu, Time of Year, Weather

The first day outside
After a week sick in bed -
How sweet the cold rain!

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Willows II

November 17, 2011 at 9:36 am · Filed under Autumn, Earth and Water (Chiri), Haiku, Leaves, Plants (Shokubutsu), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Time of Year, Trees, Water

Willows mourn the fall
Weeping tear-shaped golden leaves
Into the dark stream.

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Tricolor

November 16, 2011 at 12:02 pm · Filed under Autumn, Flowers, Haiku, Plants (Shokubutsu), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Time of Year

Purple, pink and white
Mixed morning glory bouquet
On a single vine.

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Wild Geese III

November 15, 2011 at 8:24 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Animals (Dobutsu), Autumn, Birds, Day, Haiku, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Time of Day, Time of Year, Waterfowl

Cloudless autumn sky
Chevrons of migrating geese
Tattoo the sky’s cheek.

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Ivy League

November 14, 2011 at 9:09 am · Filed under Autumn, Buildings, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Leaves, Plants (Shokubutsu), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Time of Year

Red collegiate brick
Clad in rippling red ivy
Studies in scarlet.

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Sunset

November 12, 2011 at 11:40 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Animals (Dobutsu), Celestial, Clouds, Evening, Fish, Haiku, Poetry, Pseudohaiku, Seasons (Jiko), Sun, Time of Day, Weather

Vast tropical fish…
Scarlet-bottomed purple clouds
Swim through the sunset.

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Veteran’s Day II

November 11, 2011 at 8:40 am · Filed under Autumn, Buildings, Earth and Water (Chiri), Haiku, Holidays, Human Affairs (Jinji), Life and Death, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Time of Year

Names carved into walls
Crosses in foreign graveyards
Freedom isn’t free.

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