Carpe Diem #1354 The Black Bowl (Japanese fairytale)
Ah, with the Grape my fading Life provide,
And wash my Body whence the life has died,
And in a Winding Sheet of Vine Leaf wrapt,
So bury me by some sweet Gardenside.
© Omar Khayyam (Tr. FitzGerald)
Carpe Diem #1303 Seed of Wisdom
With them the seed of Wisdom did I sow,
And with mine own hand wrought to make it grow;
And this was all the Harvest that I reap’d–
“I came like Water, and like Wind I go.”
© Omar Khayyam (Tr. FitzGerald)
high above
the waxing crescent moon
Jupiter rises
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Jupiter outshines
one of the brightest stars
Spica glowers
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Venus
touts the morning sky
end of summer
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morning star
right now, no mistaking
for the planet Jupiter
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with autumn’s approach
Jupiter prepares to leave
sinking in sun’s glare
re-emerging before sunup
in conjunction with Venus
© Hamish Managua Gunn
© Dolores
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Ishizuchi mo nankin no hana mo ooi nari
© Tomiyasu Fusei (1885 – 1979)
© Dolores
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The “hokku” of today is by me, so it is a tanka., not a Tan Renga
© Dolores
Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2017 (unconditional)
Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2017 (unconditional)
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