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
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| Warinanco Park, Roselle, New Jersey from town website |
I hope you enjoy the Haiku this week.
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| Willow against sky |
The Art of Wind
With no brush,
The Willow
Paints the wind!
----Saryu
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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.
---- Annie2018
Most images in this post from Pixabay.
Beautiful...I sure needed that smile.
ReplyDeleteThe pairings of poetry and photo blend for a delight of the senses !
ReplyDeleteThank you !!!
Be well,my friend...
Simply beautiful. Cherry blossoms are one of my very favourite things :-)
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