Month: November 2019
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A November with Basho, Day 22
Along the road to Yamanaka Hot Springs, Mount Shirane rose behind our backs. At the foot of a mountain to our left we found a small temple to compassionate Kannon. After the retired Emperor Kazan had made a pilgrimage to the thirty-three western temples, he enshrined an image of the bodhisattva Kannon here, naming the…
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Gratitude’s Gate
Originally posted on Na'ama Yehuda: Photo: Aaron Burden on Unsplash ? They stand at the entry, grateful, unknown. They’ve come far for this, on a journey not by choice yet still their own. The sound of people’s voices pluck strings in their soul. The light of the fireplace dances on the wall, painting hope, awakening…
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Come What May
Originally posted on Poetry by Debi Swim: dverse Gratitude Prompt by Frank J. Tassone She lies in her bed day after day, long night after long night, week by week by month by year. Occasionally, she smiles, repeats what we say, mostly she sleeps, mostly she knows nothing but her dreams. She’s ninety-six years old…
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Today’s Haiku (November 25, 2019)
Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 死の側より生照らすごと冬茜 山下智津子 shi no gawa yori sei terasu goto fuyuakane as if it sheds light on a life from the side of a death a winter sunset Chizuko Yamashita from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine), November 2016 Issue, Bungaku No…
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A November with Basho, Day 21
At a village called Komatsu: Aptly named Komatsu Child Pine, a breeze blows over pampas and clover Here we visited Tada Shrine to see Sanemori’s helmet and a piece of his brocade armor-cloth presented to him by Lord Yoshitomo when he served the Genji clan. His helmet was no common soldier’s gear: engraved with chrysanthemums…
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thanksgiving – – haibun
Originally posted on Ontheland: A second Thanksgiving is on its way. The first was our Canadian holiday on the second Monday of October. The second, the American holiday, arrives this week on the 4th Thursday of November. I find myself embracing another reminder to contemplate gratitude, a source of solace when loss rears its head.…
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Haiku: Giving Thanks
#Haiku Happenings #2: Xenia Tran’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!
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Jules’ “Giving Thanks…”
#Haiku Happenings #1 (11/25/19): Jules’ latest solo #renga for my current #haikai challenge! Gifting Thanks(solo renga) while at dinner weovercome adversitywith diversity along with respect and newtraditions we gather round we all bring a dishserve up our memories andcreate new ones too ©JP/dh
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