Archive for Human Affairs (Jinji)
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 5, 2013 at 9:05 am · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Birds, Buildings, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Songbirds, Spring, Time of Year
Ersatz harbingers
Starlings imitate robins
Over city streets.
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March 25, 2013 at 8:44 am · Filed under Food and Drink, Haiku, Health, Holidays, Human Affairs (Jinji), Poetry, Spring, Time of Year
One day at a time
Turns to one week, then one month
And, today, six years.
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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 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 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 7, 2013 at 11:24 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Evening, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Snow, Technology, Time of Day, Time of Year, Weather, Winter
Street lights cast their glow
Through the deep winter twilight
Silent snow sifts by.
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February 4, 2013 at 9:07 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Earth and Water (Chiri), Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Senryu, Snow, Time of Year, Weather, Winter
Heaps of driveway salt
Driven into gritty drifts
Deeper than the snow.
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January 31, 2013 at 11:02 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Buildings, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Senryu, Time of Year, Weather, Wind, Winter
Gusty winter day
Unlatched storm doors slam open
Flailing in the wind.
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