Olivier Schopfer & K. Ramesh: Wednesday Haiku, #198

Photo credit: Len Radin / Foter / CC BY-NC-SA

far from home...
the rustle of willow leaves
speaks my language

Olivier Schopfer

 Photo credit: Internet Archive Book Images / Foter /

football field...
every ant moves
with a morsel

K. Ramesh

Photo credit: yummywatermelon / Foter / CC BY-NC-SA

rustling
in Goddess Kannon's heart...
the willow

                    Issa
                    trans. by David G. Lanoue

 
  best,
Don

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Olivier Schopfer & Anitha Varma: Wednesday Haiku, #138

Photo by Liam Quinn

 

morning clouds
the geometric flight
of cormorants

Olivier Schopfer 

Photo by Meena Kadri

shelling peas…
temple bells
through the twilight

Anitha Varma

Photo by Broken Sphere

evening bell--
even the clouds convene
at the temple

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,

Don

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Ken Sawitri & Olivier Schopfer: Wednesday Haiku#184

Photo by .Evo.

ocean of sand --
thousands of wind paths
within each grain

Ken Sawitri 

 

 Photo by Keith Survell

cool mountain stream
trickling down my fingers—
summer's end

Olivier Schopfer

Photo by Liz West

the green vine
peeks in the window...
summer heat

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,
Don

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Poornima Laxmeshwar & Olivier Schopfer: Wednesday Haiku, #155

Photo by MJmerry

behind the train window
the moon
travels with us

    Olivier Schopfer

 Photo by tinali778

still pond -
the water holds lotuses
and the sun

Poornima Laxmeshwar

Photo by metimbers2000

in the beach breeze
my travels forgotten...
evening cool

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,
Don

Goran Gatalica & Olivier Schopfer: Wednesday Haiku, #212

Photo of a Jackdaw (member of the Crow family)  by Jyrki Salmi

the Blue crow
brings morning silence
with its wings

Goran Gatalica

Photo by Ricardo Cuppini

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first drops of rain...
halfway up the wild rose stem
a ladybird stops

Olivier Schopfer

Photo by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

making mountains rise
in the clouds...
cawing crow

Issa
trans. by David G. Lanoue

best,
Don

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