Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Wednesday Haiku No 22


Japanese love the beauty of cherry blossoms and viewing them is something they dearly love.
Mount Yoshino is home to over 30,000  Cherry trees and people have flocked to see them in bloom there for centuries.
 Here in the USA people flock to parks in all areas to see the cherry trees in bloom as well.
As a little girl I lived right by a park  filled with cherry trees ,magnolias and azalea bushes.
The park was designed by Frederick Olmsted who designed Central Park in New York and many couples time their weddings to the blooming of the blossoms so they can take beautiful photos


Warinanco Park, Roselle, New Jersey from town website
I hope you enjoy the Haiku this week.

Willow against sky


The Art of Wind

With no brush,
The Willow
Paints the wind!
                ----Saryu








Mt Yoshino,Japan home to thousands of cherry trees.



Wonder

I saw afar a vast white cloud..but, no!
That was Yoshino's mount of flowering snow!
                                        ----Teishitsu
                       1610-1673






Mt. Yoshino, Japan


     The Devotee 

My shanks grow thin?
As long as they can climb,
Expect me ,Yoshino, in blossom time!
                                   --- Basho
                                 1644-1694




 



little Sparrow


             Orphans

Oh, ragged sparrow without any mother,
When we are lonely, let's play with each other!
                             ---Issa (at age 6)
                                  1763-1828











               Pavilion on the Lake

Here in the morning cool, the breezes waft
The perfume from the lotus-blooms aloft.
                             ---Rimpu











Hailstorm



                        Updraught

The winds toss up into the stormy vault,
The hailstones where they somersault!
                                    --- Sekitei










     

                  City Rain

See the city rains?
No church has finer window panes.
                               ----  Annie
                                       2018






Most images in this post from Pixabay.





3 comments:

  1. The pairings of poetry and photo blend for a delight of the senses !
    Thank you !!!
    Be well,my friend...

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  2. Simply beautiful. Cherry blossoms are one of my very favourite things :-)

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