Kala Ramesh & Elmedin Kadric: Wednesday Haiku, #209

Photo by John Morgan

fallen blossom
  the silent  farewell 
deepens the sunset

Kala Ramesh

Photo by DeShaun Craddock

shadowboxing...
the panhandler
cheers me on

Elmedin Kadric 

Photo by Margherita Ballarin  via foter

lotus blossoms--
the beggar's smoke
wafts over

Issa
trans. by David G. Lanoue

best,
Don

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old pajamas & Kala Ramesh: Wednesday Haiku, #203

 Photo by Seth Anderson

BLOWER MOTOR #4 

mad with rust  //  camellias in bloom! 

                                                      ~ old pajamas

Photo by Jans Canon

joggers park
the wind circling leaves
circling the wind

~ Kala Ramesh 

Photo by Andrew

winter wind --
wrapping sardines
in oak leaves

Issa
trans. by David G. Lanoue

best,
Don

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K. Ramesh and Kala Ramesh: Wednesday Haiku, #182

Van Gogh

nothing to lose
nothing to gain...
starlit sky

K. Ramesh

Photo by Bob Jenkins

a beggar
lifts her palms to passersby 
hardened earth

Kala Ramesh

 Kashira of Tanabata Festival by Oishi Akichika

my stars--
a gang of old men
in the Milky Way

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,
Don

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Kala Ramesh & K. Ramesh: Wednesday Haiku, #140

Photo by Demi-Brooke

scrambling for words -
a birdsong in flight
deep in me

Kala Ramesh

 

Antique Pain Relief Balm

scent of a pain balm
in the railway station...
memories of my father

     K. Ramesh

 Bird Over Poppies by Sugakudo

words
are a waste of time...
poppies

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

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Don

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Margaret Chula & Kala Ramesh: Wednesday Haiku #85

Woodcut by Koson Ikeda

winter dusk
my grief released
from the crow's throat

Margaret Chula

Photograph by Steve Wilson

your stark eyes shrink
  the gap between us
         baby owl

      Kala Ramesh

Mount Fuji - NASA photo

a monk beats his bowl--
by now a dent
in the mountain!

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

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Don 

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Gary LeBel & Kala Ramesh: Wednesday Haiku, #81

Star Atlases depict Rigel as the left foot of Orion the Hunter 
Via the National Radio Astronomy Observatory

old staircase:
each step closer
to Rigel

Gary LeBel

Rain Clouds in Cameroon by Trees for the Future

the rain clouds
beyond darkening trees
a cuckoo sings

Kala Ramesh

Cuculus optatus via Wikipedia

cuckoo--
he even scolds
the tree planter

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

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Don 

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Lyle Daggett & Kala Ramesh: Wednesday Haiku, Week 76

Photo by Maxquijano

   on the dark water
a white lily floats —
   almost silent

         Lyle Daggett

Photo by selbst

spring rain . . .
halfway through my meal
a scoop of loneliness

     Kala Ramesh

Photo by Tubifex

from the azaleas
the azaleas' pure
water

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

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Don

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Merrill Ann Gonzales & Kala Ramesh: Wednesday Haiku, Week 72

Photo by Derek Ramsey

sprig of hope
hiding somewhere
this early spring

      Merrill Ann Gonzales

Photo by Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives

a yellow breeze
ruffles the hill's outline
summer grass 

Kala Ramesh

 Hunting for Bamboo Shoots by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

 

my spring--
a bit of bamboo
and a willow sprig

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

 
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Don

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Annie Brodrick & Kala Ramesh: Wednesday Haiku, Week 63

Photo by Skert

as it is above
nature of acquiescence
so it is below
     
     Annie Brodrick

 Photo by Mary K. Baird

holding the note
the way a cuckoo does . . .
first light

     Kala Ramesh

Artwork by Koryūsai Isoda

gobble up
my dawn dream...
cuckoo!

     Issa
     translated by David G. Lanoue

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Don

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