ARTS: Haiku prompt: spring/fall

[Kokuu]

A flower asks "Forget-Me-Not"
But I have already forgotten.
A bell rings
I wake and -
Remember.

Nice tanka, Neilio!


bowing in silence
for the 20 000 dead
bluebell woodland


Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday/lah-

[Ryokudo]

As ever your responding entry is evocative and poignant.

Gassho
Neilio

SAT/LAH

[Seikan]

It's so wonderful to find an active haiku group here! Here are a few recent haiku inspired by Spring (my current season) and Fall (my favorite season):


Autumn breeze—
the empty swing
barely moves


October sky
in the bathroom mirror
streaks of grey


Autumn wind singing—
old wind chimes
translate every word


little by little
the snowman
reveals the spring grass


April showers—
the sky itself
remains dry


I hope these can hold their own here. There is some truly wonderful work in this and the other haiku threads! Please keep writing/posting! :-)

Gassho,
Rob

SatToday

[Kokuu]

Wonderful you are a haiku writer, Rob!

Thank you so much for your contributions.

I love autumn too and your October sky poem is great. I totally get that and wrote something similar myself once:

white hair
in my beard
autumn clover


Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday-

[Kokuu]

looming deadline
I watch the birch sway
back and forth

[Heiso]

barely moves


October sky
in the bathroom mirror
streaks of grey

I love this, Rob.

Gassho,

Heiso

Stlah

[Heiso]

May day morning
the sun bursts through
on a wet plastic slide

Gassho

Heiso

StLah

[Seikan]

Thank you Kokuu. I'm looking forward to spending much of my forum time in this subgroup.

And I also really like your haiku below. It's simply brilliant!

white hair
in my beard
autumn clover

Gassho,
Rob

SatToday

[Seikan]

Thank you Heiso! And you haiku resonated with me as well. I'm often drawn to the play of sunlight on different objects, so I can just feel the glare of the sun coming off that slide. :-)


Gassho,
Rob

SatToday

[Heiso]

Thanks Rob - as a man of a certain age yours resonated with me too.

Gassho

Heiso
StLah

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[Kokuu]

From yesterday's first retreat sittings...

morning zazen
the sound of the bell
melts into birdsong

[Kotei]

From yesterday's first retreat sittings...

morning zazen
the sound of the bell
melts into birdsong

a ringing bell
global birdsongs becoming one
thank you Kokuu

[Heiso]

Walking through meadows
Daughter on my shoulders
50 shades of green.



Gassho

Heiso

StLah

[Kokuu]

Walking through meadows
Daughter on my shoulders
50 shades of green

Lovely! I like a lot the comparison of spring and children and once wrote:

first flush of spring
I take my daughter
to buy flowers


Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday/lah-

[Heiso]

Thanks, I hadn't made that association but you're right, children and spring go well.

We're very lucky that we have this place within walking distance and we have plenty of time for exploring at the moment so there's plenty of inspiration:

https://www.essexwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/roding-valley

Gassho

Heiso
StLah

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