Spring wind
the magnolia sweeps 
the sky

Vincent Hoaround

When Cherry trees bloom
birds have two legs
horses four




Uejima Onitsura
(1661-1738)

Is that why the heart of spring is really purple;
lilacs, lupins?

Shisei Tsuneishi

Shall we ever see
the time your reign brings lasting peace
to all hills and streams




Sogi (1421-15020

Cherry blossoms made for haiku poets to expoit




Issa (1763 -1827)

Along this way
no travelers
dusk in autumn



Basho (1644-1694)

yet even in the sun's own land
anyone who lives will syffer




Iio Sogi (1421-1502)

Life
is like a butterfly
whatever it is



Nishiyamma Soin (1605 -1682)

A warm day
Buth ther's a chill
In the winter sun.



Uejima Onitsura (1661 - 1738)

For some reason
there are long, and there are short
Icicles



Uejima Onitsura (1661-1738)

Snow yet remaining
The mountain slopes are misty
An evening in spring




Lio Sogi (1421 - 1501)

Call it loneliness
the deep, beautiful color
no one can describe:
over these dark mountains,
the gathering autumn dusk.


The Priest Jakuren (1139 - 1203)

The birds have vanished from the sky
Now the last claud drains away.
We sit together, the mountain and I
until the only mountan remains.



Li Po (701-762)

Qute the contrary
to what I thought, passing clouds
are sometimes simply the moon's entertainment
its lovely decoration.


Saugyo (1118-1190)

The leaves begin to 
fall - and lie where they fall,
in the garden grass

Ryokan (1758-1831)

Call it loneliness
that deep, beautiful color
no one can describe:
over these dark mountains, the gathering autumn dusk

The Priest Jakuren (1139 - 1203)

If pressed to compare

this brief life, I might declare:

it's like the boat

that crossed this morning's harbour

leaving no marks on water

The Priest Mansei (CA 730)

Beginnings and endings
new and old
blending like sea and sky
I'm waiting.....