Archive for Poetry
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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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 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 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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