ARTS: Your Haiku!

[GrasshopperMan17]

A haiku I thought of after a session of zazen:

Sitting here, serene
On a warm spring afternoon
Crickets chirp outside

Gassho, John
ST/LAH

[Kokuu]

her way
of praying...
wild violets

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fe/66/07/fe66070ca3978888c41c6ecece132161.jpg

[bluemountain]

birds become silent
through the green forest strikes
the temple bell

Gassho

Bernie

Sat

[Kokuu]

four years
since I shaved my head
a clean stick of incense


Byōkan, Jakuden, Shoka and I ordained on this day four years ago.

Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday/lah-

[Meian]

four years
since I shaved my head
a clean stick of incense


Byōkan, Jakuden, Shoka and I ordained on this day four years ago.

Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday/lah-

Deep Bows

Gassho2, meian st lh

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[Koushi]

four years
since I shaved my head
a clean stick of incense


Byōkan, Jakuden, Shoka and I ordained on this day four years ago.

Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday/lah-

Gassho,
Koushi
ST

[Heiso]

four years
since I shaved my head
a clean stick of incense


Byōkan, Jakuden, Shoka and I ordained on this day four years ago.

Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday/lah-

Congratulations and thank you for what you all do.

Gassho

Heiso
StLah

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[Amelia]

That was a good day! I couldn't ask for better Dharma siblings.

Gassho
Sat, lah

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[_Jd_]

mind is like weather
hurricane blowing outside
must sit

~~~

Gassho
Jd

Sat today

[Kokuu]

I recently had an older haiku translated into Chinese, which was nice!

night rain
in every puddle
a different moon

(Third Place, 2018 International Kusamakura Haiku Competition)


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

夜雨
在每個水坑里
不同的月亮

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

夜雨
在每个水坑里
不同的月亮

http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.com/

Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday/lah-

[Nengyoku]

Cherry blossom falls
Not rushing nor abating;
Just petal to ground

The beginning of my practice was characterized by a lot of introspection about how short life is and how people try to cling to it. I remembered a time at my first job where I mentioned I couldn't wait to get off work and enjoy my weekend, and one of the older employees told me, "Don't wish your life away."
I watched as the cherry blossoms at my work place drifted to the ground and was reminded of this moment, and how the blossom neither clings to the moment of falling or hurries to the ground, and how I should be like that.
Just being.

Gassho,
William
SatToday

[Kantai]

watering flowers

with bowl from ceremony

not a drop to spill



(Written after ryaku fusatsu)


Gassho
Kantai

SatLah

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[Kokuu]

watering flowers

with bowl from ceremony

not a drop to spill

Lovely!

[Kokuu]

skeleton leaf

another medicine

fails to work


Gassho
Kokuu

[Anchi]