dreams and illusions

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This week’s Crossroads Challenge from Carpe Diem asks us to bring together two haiku, one by Arakida Moritake (1473-1549) and the other by Jane Reichhold (1937-2016).  First, my new haiku:

high tide stroll with you

beside my bedroom window

spring winds roar in the trees

©️2018 Ontheland

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Arakida Moritake (Tr. Steven D. Carter):

A fallen blossom

returning to the bough, I thought —

But no, a butterfly.

~

Jane Reichhold:

morning breeze

coming in the window

surf sounds

~

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Butterflies courtesy of Pixabay.com
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Published by Janice

My name is Janice.  I started blogging as Ontheland when I moved from Toronto to a rural area near Kingston, Ontario in Canada.  Over time I have found myself writing poetry, mostly in Japanese forms, such as haiku and haibun.  One of my deepest interests is the natural world: the joy of it and how we can look after it better.

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