Posts tagged ‘Haiku’
Apr 19
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Apr 5
“The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed” —Charlotte Bronte
Eye the fly
Abuzz with secrets
On the wall
Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret —Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Mar 30
“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door” —Milton Berle
Would luck could
Open Sesame
Knock on wood
Every doorway, every intersection has a story —Katherine Dunn
Mar 22
“Put a picture of yourself as a child in view somewhere, to remind yourself to be playful” —Alexandra Stoddard
Remind me
Unforgettable
Baby grand
I always cling to things that remind me of being a kid again ―Melanie Martinez
Mar 10
“The best way of being kind to bears is not to be very close to them” ―Margaret Atwood
Tchaikovsky
Ballet on canvas
Disarms bear
Be cautious of bears at all times, even when being mauled by a tiger ―Craig Benzine
Mar 4
“All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing” ―Molière
Dancing muse
Sublime graces
Here’s your cue
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin —Leonard Cohen
Feb 28
“Winter solitude — / in a world of one color / the sound of wind” ―Matsuo Bashō
Frog backflips
A freezing wind whips
Pond ice chips
“First snow
falling
on the half-finished bridge”
―Matsuo Bashō
Feb 22
“When the winter chrysanthemums go, / there’s nothing to write about / but radishes” —Matsuo Bashō
Haiku brush
Painting old Edo
Tokyo
“The dragonfly
can’t quite land
on that blade of grass”
―Matsuo Bashō
The Gweilo
In a red-eye rush
Brushes up
“Wrapping the rice cakes,
with one hand
she fingers back her hair”
―Matsuo Bashō
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Feb 19
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