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Dear Daruma Friends,

Check this album for some nice pictures of Bamboo Art. I have
introduced this before.

Daruma Bamboo Grove
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gabigreve2000/album?.dir=/8947
http://tinyurl.com/2meav


Now here are some new items in the Haiku Bamboo Grove.

Kaze no Oto

Kaze no oto
Takeyabu ni kaze
Matsu ni kaze

The sound of wind
Wind in the bamboo grove
Wind in the pines

Look at the essay in this message to see how BAMBOO SENSEI came to
life.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/happyhaiku/message/15


bamboo
growing so fast
closer to heaven
Gabi san

a breeze-
the bamboo
spreads rumours
<> Sara

amorous sun
kissing
bamboo leaves
robert wilson


my western bamboo
bowing
toward the east
Johnye Strickland


so dense,
the bamboo fence this year -
a distant voice
Carole


bamboo grove
sunshine dripping
from wet leaves
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡Gabi

stroking the wind -
bamboo
Elaine


the kitten -
trying to reach between
the bamboo canes
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡Carole


in my garden
grass vs. the bamboo
blades against canes
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡Linda P.


the bamboo plant
sticks out of my wagon's rear -
a short day
ito


new year countdown!
we fire our bamboo cannons
till they crack
ito

>> The revised version

July 4th
we fire our bamboo cannons
till they crack
ito

sudden breeze-
butterflies on bamboo
fold their wings
bmm


sultry evening
a shaft of moonlight
on the bamboo stream
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡bmm


bamboo
bones of my ancestors
clattering in the wind
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡gb


at Tanabata
cutting a bamboo pole
for the river boatman
Sara

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From the Archives of Gabi

kansoo ni
makete ya waruru
take no oto

in dry air
it gives up and splits -
sound of bamboo

The air has gotten so dry, the bamboo over in the grove starts his
grueling ¡ÈSplitting song¡É of spring. Ponn, ponn, poooonk. An eery
sound on such a warm sunny day.


red plum tree
green bamboo grove
your background

Roter Pflaumenbaum
Gruener Bamubshain
Dein Hintergrund


And later in the year one more about Bamboo in the background of my
Gardenscape

a pink island
in the bamboo green <>
mimosa in FULL bloom

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Some classical ones, hopefully more another time.

the winter storm
hid in the bamboo grove
and quieted away
Basho



There can be no bamboo grove without a TEA HOUSE in it.

whisking green tea
a petal drops
from the arrangement
>
snow flakes her kimono unfolding moonlight

tea house
I pay a clumsy compliment
the hostess covers her mouth
>
tea house
through the partition
a giggle
>
These are from Sara

Thank you all for your contributions so far.

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I am still working on the illustrations to our bamboo grove.
This is all for now. Please keep looking for additions.

Greetings from Japan
Gabi san