This is what an amateur writes:
flapping flags
are snapping songs
decreeing dedication
perpetuating prayers
with glistening gongs
monk's muted meditations
© Janice Adcock
This is how the masters do it:
he ambles along
with his man-servant:
cherry-blossom viewing
© Kigin
the Stony River rippling,
the lightning
flickering
© Issa
osoki hi no tsumorite toki mukashi kana *)
slow days passing, accumulating,
how distant they are,
the things of the past!
© Buson
*) Buson uses the k sound to portray the bitterness of the passing of time
Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on
CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI
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