image used for this haiga courtesy CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI
Pheasant's Eye
greet me on a card someday -
welcome good fortune
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black eyed peas
speckle the rice, good fortune
taps the new year
© gillena cox 2015
In the Caribbean, we cook black eyed peas at New Years for good luck
Revisit
nengjayou
last minute shoppers
New Year foods
Carpe Diem #652, Pheasant's Eye (Fukujusoo)
ôyuki o kabutte tatsu ya fukuju kusa
covered by the big snow
yet they stand...
New Year's grasses
© Issa
asahi sasu rooshi ga ie ya fukujusoo
morning sunshine
on the old Zen teacher's home -
Pheasant's eye in bloom
© Buson
jimen kara sora ga hajimaru fujukusoo
from the earth
the sky begins ...
Pheasant's eye
© Miyasaka Shizuo (1937 - )
hi no ataru mado no shooshi ya fukujusoo
the sun shines bright
on the window panes ...
Pheasant's eye
© Matsui Kafuu (1879 - 1959)
Pheasant's Eye reflects
looks at it's beauty in the mirror -
she arranges her corsage
© Chèvrefeuille
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so very beautiful Gillena, and may all wonderful, beautiful happenings come to you, who make people happy!!!
ReplyDeleteI think I prefer the black eyed peas here..
ReplyDelete__All, nice to review. _m
ReplyDeleteI see that like in Italy, it's a food that brings good luck ... with you black eyed peas with us lentils.
ReplyDeleteNicely written couple of haiku, I enjoyed them very much.
Thank you for your appreciation Georgia
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I'm afraid a card is about the only way I'll ever see a pheasant's eye too!
ReplyDeletePheasant's-Eye Corsage
(◕‿◕｡)
ReplyDeleteHappy you dropped in Maggie
much love...
Great way to start the year.
ReplyDeleteHappy you dropped by Margaret
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Both your takes give a lot of room for expectations of good fortune. Hope has a way of happening when one yearns for it! Wonderful write Gillena!
ReplyDeleteHank
Thanks for your appreciation Hank
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