Archive for Air and Sky (Tenmon)
April 9, 2013 at 11:36 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Clothing, Flowers, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Plants (Shokubutsu), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Spring, Time of Year, Trees, Weather, Wind
Layers of pink tulle
Double-flowering cherries
Flounce their underskirts.
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April 2, 2013 at 8:44 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Celestial, Dew, Earth and Water (Chiri), Grass, Haiku, Morning, Plants (Shokubutsu), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Spring, Sun, Time of Day, Time of Year
The first rays of dawn
Set each grass blade glittering
Dewdrops en pavé.
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March 26, 2013 at 8:47 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Flowers, Haiku, Plants (Shokubutsu), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Snow, Spring, Time of Year, Weather
Another spring snow
The daffodil’s golden crown
Capped with ermine white.
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March 22, 2013 at 11:34 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Art and Literature, Climate, Cold, Earth and Water (Chiri), Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Snow, Spring, Time of Year, Weather
Sacrificial dance
Downy snowflakes whirl and fall,
Kiss the earth – and melt.
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March 21, 2013 at 8:52 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Climate, Cold, Haiku, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Spring, Time of Year, Weather, Wind
Vernal equinox
Though the wind is bitter cold
Hope – spring’s eternal.
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March 19, 2013 at 5:41 pm · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Clouds, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Life and Death, Poetry, Rain, Seasons (Jiko), Time of Year, Weather, Winter
Last day of winter
Dark clouds weave the season’s shroud
Mourning raindrops fall.
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March 18, 2013 at 9:01 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Climate, Cold, Haiku, Poetry, Rain, Seasons (Jiko), Snow, Spring, Time of Year, Weather, Winter
Wet snow, icy rain -
Winter’s weather quota filled
Two days before spring.
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March 13, 2013 at 9:29 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Climate, Earth and Water (Chiri), Food and Drink, Haiku, Heat, Human Affairs (Jinji), Pastimes, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Spring, Time of Year
First warm day of spring
Charcoal smoke and soccer balls
Float over the park.
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February 20, 2013 at 8:56 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Animals (Dobutsu), Birds, Climate, Cold, Earth and Water (Chiri), Field, Grass, Haiku, Plants (Shokubutsu), Poetry, Rain, Seasons (Jiko), Time of Year, Waterfowl, Weather, Winter
Rainy winter day
Geese stand like statues of geese
On the sodden lawn.
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February 19, 2013 at 10:41 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Animals (Dobutsu), Climate, Cold, Earth and Water (Chiri), Frost and Ice, Haiku, Insects and Spiders, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Snow, Time of Year, Water, Weather, Winter
Flurrying snowflakes
Swarm over a frozen stream
Like summer midges.
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