triple challenge

Carpe Diem #885 without you: Stone Mountain, at Yamanaka, from this day on

the scent of early rice

coming in from the right
the Ariso Sea

© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)

scent of roses

drifts in the morning breeze

a Christmas gift

©  Janice 'petra domina' Adcock

the tomb also shakes
my weeping voice is
the autumn wind

© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)

grey ashes
caught by the wind
a mother's grief

©  Janice 'petra domina' Adcock

autumn coolness
each peeling with our hands
melons and eggplant

© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)

red more red
in spite of the indifferent sun
an autumn breeze

© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)

(note: normally the autumn wind was thought of as white)

sun baked leaves
lay a bronzed path
a still autumn day

©  Janice 'petra domina' Adcock

a lovely name
at Little Pines blows
bush clover and thatch reeds 
© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)

Yellowstone Falls

the pine roots gripping

smells of sulfur

©  Janice 'petra domina' Adcock

how pitiful

under the armored helmet
a cricket

© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)

guts and glory

wind blows across the field

ancient battle sounds

©  Janice 'petra domina' Adcock

seen with my eyes
white chrysanthemums
again I saw them

© Kasugi Issho (1652-1688)

once more

into the pond jumps

the old frog

©  Janice 'petra domina' Adcock

Working on catching up on some of the posts for the Haiku Kai.  You will not find this in the link but the other poets can be found here.

Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on 

CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI