Tancho Kohaku - Haiku

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written by: Roy

Haiku: Suzumushi song

Suzumushi Temple, Kyoto

110 days
content every minute
what a joy

sing
your song
and rest

no greed
adequate life
what more

written by Roy L.

J A P A N: poem by Roy

Dan Sekikawa

Dan Sekikawa photo montache

Precious gift: Haiku by Roy Lindquist

 

fresh air
after evenings rain
insect sound

traffic noise
toil the garden wall
steal harmony

modern life
poor of night sound beauty
sunk in poverty

sing
my little bell cricket
precious gift

Tanka ( poem): by Roy Lindquist

Painting: Dan Sekikawa, Tokyo 2009

From dust to dust:

leaf's change
red - yellow -brown
northern wind whisper
end of time
sleep my friend

death leaf
cover the ground
child playfully fly his kit
autumn blue sky
continuity

don't cry
death leaf
once a playful soul
life accomplished
earth still young

molecule dance
in orbit sky
never ending glory
from dust to dust
don't be sorry

Mothers last song: Tanka by Roy Lindquist

postludium
page turned back
memories
joy and pain
once a child
dancing marry-go-round

mountain hidden
fog so thick
eye stare - vain fore glimpse
mothers smile
searching fore plum blossom

autumns leaf's
tree nearly bare
hiding footsteps of the child
who once
was there

stradivarius
switched on memories
flash of a forgotten smile
heart taken pain
teardrop in wrinkled hand

mothers grave
moss covered stone
suzumushi ring the bell
call fore memento
old love lies deep

 

 

My Mother Ruth died 1963

 

Suzumushi Haiku: by Roy Lindquist

little cricket
sweet a sound
ring his bell

distant shore
waiting patiently
friend so dear

restless night
empty cage
Suzumushi lullaby