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courtesan and monk,
sleeping under one roof together,
moon in a field of clover

ah but seasons never stay
soon gold and red falling

first snowflakes -
my outstretched hand
receiving
[Verse 1 © Basho (Tr. Chèvrefeuille) Verses 2&3 © gillena cox 2018]


Blog hopping today with

Carpe Diem
#1529 Together ... (Tan Renga Challenge)
Chèvrefeuille prompts us to Tan Renga given a Basho Haiku

courtesan and monk,
sleeping under one roof together,
moon in a field of clover
© Basho (Tr. Chèvrefeuille)

ah but seasons never stay
soon gold and red falling

first snowflakes -
my outstretched hand
receiving
© gillena cox 2018


AND


Poets United Midweek Motif ~ Winter

ah but seasons never stay
soon gold and red falling

first snowflakes -
my outstretched hand
receiving
© gillena cox 2018


REVISIT
24 October 2015
24 October 2013
24 October 2011

2298

[image courtesy Carpe Diem Haiku Kai]


SNOWFLAKE ARALIA RYOGIN
village kids
don't break all the plum branches
for cattle whips

a muddy path leads to school
who can skip on such a day

into the sea
throwing my sandals
rain on my hat

pirogues waddle a little
clouds rest on the sea surface

polished again
the mirror is as clear as
flower-like snowflakes

turning away from the smooth sea
colour splayed mountains beckon

falling to the ground
a flower closer to the root
bidding farewell

running fast from there to home
as if hearing mother's voice

mid-harvest
a crane on the rice paddy
in a village in autumn

a leaf falls as if dancing
with a swing partner

sleep on a journey
then you will understand my poem
autumn winds

back then children held respect
for their parents and elders

2LINERS © gillena cox 2018
3LINERS © Matsuo Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)


Here are the six (6)haiku © Matsuo Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold) given to work with:
into the sea
throwing my sandals
rain on my hat

falling to the ground
a flower closer to the root
bidding farewell

village kids
don't break all the plum branches
for cattle whips

mid-harvest
a crane on the rice paddy
in a village in autumn

sleep on a journey
then you will understand my poem
autumn winds

polished again
the mirror is as clear as
flower-like snowflakes



Blog hopping today with

Carpe Diem's Renga Challenge #4 flower-like snowflakes



Revisit
26 July 2018
26 July 2014
26 July 2013

2173

[Pink Anthurium Lilies from google dot com]

between lush green lawns
a path leads to the church door -
her casket adorned
© gillena cox 2017


Saturday morning, that’s yesterday I attended the funeral service of my friend’s mother. She was given a beautiful and just perfect eulogy by her only daughter.
Revisit
ANTHURIUM BOUQUET


Sunday Smiles




guest haiku
None is travelling
Here along this way but I,
This autumn evening.
© Matsuo Basho 1644-1694

Sundays are always special here at Lunch Break. Today is #57 in the series The Sunday Standard when 5-7-5 haiku is featured. Here's wishing you a happy Sunday email me post a COMMENT or leave a link to your blog at the linky below



Blog hopping today at

Poetry Pantry # 376


AND

Recuerda Mi Corazon - RIP


Enjoy The Music



Before you leave see also
Sunday Savvy 57
Sunday Lime 57
22 October 2015

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[image from the internet]

in hearty servings
preface of solar eclipse -
eggs sunny side up
© gillena cox 2017


And now in the penumbra of last Monday's solar eclipse this Tropical Storm Harvey. Prayers and good wishes for affected areas and for its swift rebate.


Sunday Smiles



Your serving of Basho today

fire-uhitte heiroo atto za moomanto avu ikkurippusu ai nootasu yoo feisu

fire-white halo
at the moment of eclipse
I notice your face
© Matsuo Bashō 1644-1694 courtesy Carpe Diem


Sundays are always special here at Lunch Break. Today is #49 in the series The Sunday Standard when 5-7-5 haiku is featured. Here's wishing you a happy Sunday email me post a COMMENT or leave a link to your blog at the linky below





Blog hopping today at

Poetry Pantry #368

AND


Recuerda Mi Corazon - solar eclipse

AND


Carpe Diem
Utabukuro #2 solar eclipse August 21st 2017



Enjoy The Music



Dont Leave Before You See Again
27 August 2014
Sunday Savvy 49
Sunday Lime 49

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these wet leaves -
some of the morning rain held
in reserve
© gillena cox 2017


Went out for breakfast this morning with my daughter, we haven't had a morning out just the two of us for quite some time.


Sunday Smiles



As well - a little serving of Basho
A monk sips morning tea,
it's quiet,
the chrysanthemum's flowering.
© Matsuo Bashō 1644-1694 Translated by Robert Hass


Sundays are always special here at Lunch Break. Today is #48 in the series The Sunday Standard when 5-7-5 haiku is featured. Here's wishing you a happy Sunday email me post a COMMENT or leave a link to your blog at the linky below






Blog hopping today at

Poetry Pantry #367


AND

Recuerda Mi Corazon -




Enjoy The Music



Sunday Savvy 48
Sunday Lime 48
20 August 2015

2094

promise of still life
to set of new ink pencils -
sunset colours sky
© gillena cox 2017


Still in the Liturgical Season of Easter. Day Seven of May, we are well into our second week. Hope May is good to you all


Sunday Smiles

[smiley from Google dot com]

In the twilight rain
these brilliant-hued hibiscus -
A lovely sunset
© Matsuo Bashō 1644-1694


Sundays are always special here at Lunch Break. Today is #35 in the series The Sunday Standard when 5-7-5 haiku is featured. Here's wishing you a happy Sunday email me post a COMMENT or leave a link to your blog at the linky below



Blog hopping today at
Poetry Pantry #352


AND

Recuerda Mi Corazon - sunset


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Enjoy The Music


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Before you leave see also
Sunday Savvy 35
Sunday Lime 35
7 May 2015

2085

a fine welcome sign -
peeping over the aged wall
yellow ixoras
© gillena cox 2017


Still in the Liturgal Season of Easter

Sunday Smiles

[smiley from Google dot com]


A lovely spring night
suddenly vanished while we
viewed cherry blossoms
© Matsuo Basho (1644-1694)


Sundays are always special here at Lunch Break. Today is #33 in the series The Sunday Standard when 5-7-5 haiku is featured. Here's wishing you a happy Sunday email me post a COMMENT or leave a link to your blog at the linky below



Blog hopping today at
Poetry Pantry #350


AND

Recuerda Mi Corazon - welcome


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Enjoy The Music



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Before you leave see also
Sunday Savvy 33

Sunday Lime 33

23 April 2014

2081

[Image from google dot com]


Alleluia chords -
hymns to Highest Heaven sung
Easter brings us hope
© gillena cox 2017








“April's air stirs in
Willow-leaves...a butterfly
Floats and balances”
© Matsuo Basho 1644-1694



Sundays are always special here at Lunch Break. Today is #32 in the series The Sunday Standard when 5-7-5 haiku is featured. Here's wishing you a happy Sunday email me post a COMMENT or leave a link to your blog at the linky below




Blog hopping today at
Poetry Pantry #349


AND

Recuerda Mi Corazon - Alleluia


...


Enjoy The Music



...

Before you leave see also
Easter 2009

Easter 2011

Easter 2016

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The Rainy Season is finally here




first rains -
the delight of plumbagos
dancing in the wind
© gillena cox



I am blog hopping today at


...

Carpe Diem #745 moonrise



tsuki shiro ya hiza ni te o oku yoi no yado

moonrise
holding their hands on their knees
evening at a house
[hokku - basho; Tr. Jane Reichhold]

sitting on the back steps
cooling of darkening skies

whites of plumeria
shine through like night stars
in the garden

the birds have gone to roost
leaving behind a quiet twilight

my grand child speaks
in sentences; she likes
orange juice best

surely the kitchen door
should be repainted again

first rains -
the delight of plumbagos
dancing in the wind

an umbrella unfurls
to quickening footsteps
[2-8 - gillena cox]

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This is the renga our host - Chèvrefeuille shared with us

Hokku:

moonrise
holding their hands on their knees
evening at a house

on her wooden throne
grandmother makes me a new quilt

an open window
the sound of a chainsaw in consonance
with a woodpecker

the sweet perfume of young leaves
makes me dance and sing with joy

she smiles at me
love at first sight this is
25 years ago

eyes full of compassion
looking at the young leaves

blue irises bloom
the old pond becomes young again
a frog jumps in

she, the moon, reflects in the water
splash ... her face wrinkles

© Chèvrefeuille

1394

grasping solitude -
the many thoughts that can be
written on the wind
-- gillena cox



Linking today to
Carpe Diem #405, Zenjibuji (Temple 32)

It maybe well here to note the use of words in Zen, the way in which silence and speech are one thing. In all true Zen language and conversation, that is to say, whenever two minds are really in communion, any given word connotes its logical opposite as well. So if we say "selflessness", it means, in conjunction, "selffulness". "Loneliness" is also a state of interpenetration with all other things. Thus Basho (1644-1694) says, aspiring to be in this state:

ah, Kankodori,
deepen thou
my loneliness

Recuerda Mi Corazon Haiku My Heart Fridays


Friday Haiku

1247

shaping the night
shadows grasp the spaces...
where sunlight treaded

trees whisper to the lamp lights
ssh! a cat scampers stealthily
--gillena cox

The clouds come and go,
providing a rest for all
the moon viewers
--Matsuo Basho (1644 - 1694)


Its Renku Saturday #41 ; revisit Renku Saturday #40

Linking today to
The Weekend In Black And White

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Saturday morning Jigsaw Puzzle
Click to play the jigsaw puzzle online; Enjoy!!!

revisit Part 3 - mini series 'Poetry Picnic - Asa Wright Nature Center'


Saturday morning...
in the silence
sunlight emerging
--gillena cox


A monk sips morning tea,
it's quiet,
the chrysanthemum's flowering.
--Matsuo Basho (Translated by Robert Hass)


Linking today to The Weekend In Black And White; Recuerda Mi Corazon; Scenic Weekends


Its Renku Saturday #38; revisit Renku Saturday #37

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Its Renku Saturday 37#; revisit Renku Saturday #36


thrill of a bird...
daylight slips through
its ringing tones
--gillena cox

a fresh-made dewdrop
is cool too...
moon at the gate
--Issa, 1820


Linking today to Recuerda Mi Corazon and The Weekend In Black And White

1149

image from I Cant Believe It

travellers...
a freeze in time
of their plight
--gillena cox

The farmer's roadside
hedge provided lunch for
my tired horse
--Basho 1644 – 1694


Its Renku Saturday #34 , please join in revisit Renku Saturday #33

Trinidad and Tobago observes today, Spiritual Shouter Baptist Liberation Day Happy Holiday from Lunch Break revisit Spiritual Shouter Baptist Liberation Day 2012

1121

Happy Birthday to my son Khama; revisit Happy Birthday 2012

its Renku Saturday #30; revisit Renku Saturday #29

butterflies flit
in a field of sunlight
that is all
--Basho, 1644 -1694

a happy birthday toast
cheers and good fortune
--gillena cox

1118

Renku Saturday 29

With dewdrops dripping,
I wish somehow I could wash
this perishing world
--Basho


a meteor strikes far away
on another face of planet earth
--gillena cox


dewdrops dripping
falling falling falling
skating rink
--Lorraine


revisit Renku Saturday 28

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Defining Haiku here at Lunch Break that's 30 days, November 1st - 30th of haiku features

The haiku in today's haiga(illustrated haiku)

Furu ike ya
kawazu tobikomu
mizu no oto
--Matsuo Bashô

The old pond;
A frog jumps in —
The sound of the water
--Translated by R.H. Blyth

(my interpretation of Basho's haiku)
splash...
in the old pond
a frog
--gillena cox


Today's note - Basho

The who of haiku? that would be Basho. It was Matsuo Basho who took the hokku of renga and deceided to poem it in a stand alone form, today we know the genre as haiku


I invite you to share some of your expertise on Basho with me

Thank you Lorrainefor
pond splash
love the ripple
Stone and Frog


Today's tag