Musings

February 17, 2015 — 1 min read — Microblog, Musings

New Clothing

In my new clothing
I feel so different, I must
look like someone else
– Basho

February 6, 2015 — 1 min read — Microblog, Musings

Observe:
see how the wild roses bloom
within forbidding fences!
– Shida Yaba (1663-1740), loose translation by Michael R. Burch

January 28, 2015 — 1 min read — Microblog, Musings

I want love splashing
To your voice like wet children
Playing in the stream.

January 16, 2015 — 1 min read — Microblog, Musings

Eros harrows my heart:
a wind on desolate mountains
uprooting oaks.

January 10, 2015 — 1 min read — Microblog, Musings

Come, investigate loneliness!
a solitary leaf
clings to the maple tree.

December 6, 2014 — 1 min read — Microblog, Musings

I like to wash,
the dust of this world
In the droplets of dew.
– Basho

November 21, 2014 — 1 min read — Microblog, Musings

In the shadow of the cherry blossom
complete strangers
there are none…

November 10, 2014 — 1 min read — Microblog, Musings

The geese fly off..
and it comes to me
that I am still here.
– H.F. Noyes

October 28, 2014 — 1 min read — Microblog, Musings

in one room
everything I have
and a window

October 14, 2014 — 1 min read — Microblog, Musings

I finish my tea
The cup still full
of warmth
– Philomene Kocher