Monday, November 17, 2008

Dew on the Grass, Part 2



Continuing the posting of an occasional poem from Dew on the Grass: the Life and Poetry of Kobayashi Issa by
Makoto Ueda, take a look at this one:




pacifying
the clamorous world
late cherry blossoms
Issa



I've written a number of poems about late cherry blossoms because there is a grove of cherry trees behind the museum next to where I work and they blossom two, sometimes, three times a year. Right now, there are a handful of the trees, positioned just so and protected from the merciless wind and chill of autumn, that have blossomed even though it has been in the 40's and 30's here in Pittsburgh recently. Here is one poem that resulted:




the older you are,
the nobler the truth

fall, cherry blossom.




best,
Don

5 comments:

  1. We had a couple of cherry trees on our farm. They didn't seem to blossom very often but were beautiful when they did.

    Once in a while
    put on your Sunday best
    Cherry blossoms.

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  2. winter cherry
    blossom
    this olde branch


    Cherry Blossom
    hanging on for
    dear life

    can you 'make'
    a Cherie Pie
    Billy Boy / Billy Boy?

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  3. blossoms of spring
    fruit of summer
    anticipation

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  4. brook trout on French Creek -
    cherry blossoms
    blooming beneath the waves

    J.L.S.

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  5. Thanks Charles, Ed, Jim, and J.L.S. for the haiku - very nice.

    J.L.S., your's reminds me of one of those multidimensonal Escher puddles.

    Don

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