In Yamagata Province, the ancient temple founded by Jikaku Daishi in 860, Ryushaku Temple is stone quiet, perfectly tidy… Monks at the foot of the mountain offered rooms, then we climbed the ridge to the temple, scrambling through ancient gnarled pine and oak, gray smooth stones and moss. […]
11/12/19: in concert so many years since seeing the Kinks in concert fresh snow falling on my memories #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
11/11/19: mirror image dream browning leaves so the mirror image dream of departed spring bow your heads in gratitude to our Veterans today #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #VeteransDay2019
Endured the wind long enough, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Peter2. Indira3. Jules4. Tessa5. Dwight L. Roth 6. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr7. Reena Saxena8. Jade Li/Lisa9. Deborah10. Xenia Tran 11. Kerfe Roig12. Linda Lee Lyberg13. Janice Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya! […]
Deeply touched by the famous pine at Takekuma, twin trunks just as long ago… reported to have been cut down and replaced several times, it stood like a relic of a thousand years, impossibly perfect. The poet Kyohaka had given me a poem at my departure: remember to […]
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