budding limbs:
vibrant growth unseen from
the city beyond.
Budding [Senryū]
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Category Archives: nature
Creekside Wildflowers [Haiku]
wildflowers sway
over the creek's cool water,
stirred by thermals.
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Swamphens [Haiku]
swamphens strut
at water’s edge, and
i’m a farmboy again.
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Last Hurrah [Haiku]
late afternoon sun
catches yellow bloom clusters:
the day’s last hurrah.
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“The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow [w/ Audio]
The tide rises, the tide falls,
The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;
Along the sea-sands damp and brown
The traveller hastens toward the town,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
Darkness settles on roofs and walls,
But the sea, the sea in the darkness calls;
The little waves, with their soft, white hands,
Efface the footprints in the sands,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls
Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;
The day returns, but nevermore
Returns the traveller to the shore,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
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Lakeside Leaves [Haiku]
lakeside leaves are
turning and dropping, but
no floaters remain.
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Water Lilies [Haiku]
water lilies,
in the early morning sun,
stand tall & proud.
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Four Seasonal Haiku of Masaoka Shiki [w/ Audio]
SPRING
on wet feet,
the sparrows hop
down the hall.
SUMMER
the owl naps,
and dreams of a
summer grove.
AUTUMN
sunny autumn day:
smoke from something burning
rises skyward.
WINTER
a snowy night;
the sound of bamboo
rustling.
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Autumn Gold [Haiku]
gold-sash Buddha
sits under Fall colors,
watching leaves drop.
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Hide Your Light [Kyōka]
the rising sun
hides behind winter trees
as a fat kid
hides behinds a fence post,
fooling no one.
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