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Monday, December 31, 2012

Two Haiku: Ring Out the Old, Ringing in the New

Photo by Ritesh Man Tamraka



Ringing out the old, with a reminder from an old friend:


little tail twitching and gone...this world
                                                                       


Photo by Terence



And ringing in the new, from my new friend, Sho-u:



The first dream of the year;
I kept it a secret
And smiled to myself.
Sho-u
translated by R. H. Blyth


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Artwork by Edward Lear




a new year--
the same nonsense
piled on nonsense
 Issa
 translated by David G. Lanoue 




best,
Don
 
This post was something of a collaborative work - thanks very much to my good friend, Joy McCall.

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