El

working on it

[El @elspanhoff]

There is a story there. One day I would like to tell it.

[Basho Society @BashoSociety]

as the evening settles
another ordinary day
becomes eternity

Ogawa

[Kobayashi Issa @issa_haiku]

getting used
to spring rain...
lamp-lit house in the trees

春雨になれて灯とぼる薮の家
harusame ni narete hi toboru yabu no ie

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[Kazuko M. @EstherHawdon]

"Green was the silence,
wet was the light,
the month of June
trembled like a butterfly."
― Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets

[images: Hasui Kawase / Koson Ohara]

[Basho Society @BashoSociety]

Some spirits arrive as foxes.
Others arrive as recurring thoughts.

Aiko Sora Bennett

[Kazuko M. @EstherHawdon]

"If I could catch
the green lantern of firefly
I could see to write you a letter." Amy Lowell
[images: Kiyochika Kobayashi/ Kiyokata Kaburagi ]

[El @elspanhoff]

@RipplesOnceMore no energy left for
reveling in shampoo
yet how I still love
the smell of clean hair!

[Titania @TitaniasRealm]

The Fairy on the Kingfisher by Jean-Baptiste Monge

[Basho Society @BashoSociety]

summer moon
hands clapping softly
at first morning light

Basho

[Basho Society @BashoSociety]

@rainyreverie all the shades
that never matched
finally belonged

[Steven Isserlis @StevenIsserlis]

Beloved Joseph Haydn d otd 1809! His modest creed:
“There are so few contented peoples here below! Perhaps my labours will be a source from which they can derive rest and refreshment... This is why I now look back with cheerful satisfaction on the labours I expended on this art."

[Basho Society @BashoSociety]

first light
the world beginning
without permission

Akari

[Basho Society @BashoSociety]

there are truths
that arrive only
after midnight

[Basho Society @BashoSociety]

rain against windows
mint tea carrying
the room quietly

Ogawa

[simplicity🥀 @gentlewords1202]

he haunts
her dreams
beautifully

[Basho Society @BashoSociety]

@gentlewords1202 distant thunder
someone returning
through memory

[Kazuko M. @EstherHawdon]

"In summer the night.
Not only when the moon shines,
but on dark night too,
as the fireflies flit to and fro,
and even when it rains,
how beautiful it is!"
― Sei Shonagon, The Pillow Book

(images: Hasui Kawase / Mikiko Noji)

[redbicycle @redbicycle1]

It’s only
A matter of time
But whose time

[Basho Society @BashoSociety]

the sound of birdsong
behind the hydrangeas
and a faded moon

Basho

[Basho Society @BashoSociety]

desire asking only
for shared tea
at dawn

Akari

[Basho Society @BashoSociety]

a gentle voice
can interrupt
generations of fear