. A while ago, I had introduced Father Heron father heron cruising home sunset in the valley Today, three of them where cruising the sky. Father heron taking...
. a woodpecker high up in the tree <> cat on red alert Gabi san...
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Jul 1, 2004 10:53 am
suddenly a red moon above the pines And just as suddenly he was gone again. Rainclouds$B!D(B? This is one of these magical nights.... :o)) Enjoy! And...
... sharing my toothbrush the huge spider grinning Thus beginneth another bright summer morning$B!D(B. :o) ... toothbrushes ... will ... ...
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Jul 4, 2004 8:14 am
Tanabata Festival The seventh day of the seventh month ? a romantic festival in Asia. The origin of this Tanabata Festival goes back to a legend in China. Two...
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Jul 5, 2004 8:02 am
. birthday <> a thousand dragonflies stretching their wings Gabi san [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
... cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc We celebrate the birthday of a thousand dragonflies - all at once! Let us give each dragonfly a little shell as present!...
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Jul 6, 2004 9:33 am
. the pink lily opens her trumpets <> music in the sky She has many buds and waits patiently to open them in turn, starting with 4 today. To me, she looks live...
Dear ALL This is one small opinion, but, the more and more I read and learn about "kigo", a seasonal word or reference, the more and more I begin to see its...
... cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc May you live as long as the oldest cherry tree I know, the great Daigo-Zakura in my neighbourhood,...
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Jul 7, 2004 2:39 am
Here is the absolute combination of both http://haikuguy.com/ <> Haiku Guy is possibly the first novel whose subject is the writing of haiku. It's the story of...
. summer dusk the caterpillar sleeps upside-down Bruce I like this observation a lot! I can almost hear the little guy snoring! Sleep well, my friends! Gabi...
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Jul 7, 2004 9:32 am
Kigo or not? About a month ago in the Japan Times newspaper, in a different connection, there was this sentence: . <> If you call a tail a leg, how many legs...
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Jul 7, 2004 9:55 am
. a pink island in the bamboo green mimosa in FULL bloom . Gabi san ojigi-soo, the bowing plant $B%*%8%.%=%&(B ...
... cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc This is indeed one for a big <GRINS> ! I will add that to the Daruma Haiku too, it is just GREAT! You should have...
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Jul 8, 2004 10:15 am
. Thunderstorm <> the valley, the house and I trembling layers of clouds chasing the sky <> thunderstorm After about 30 minutes of power failure, I am back...
. The stop sign reminds us to slow our pace, take a moment's rest, and look around. Therein lies a whole philosophy of life. -- Philip Toshio Sudo in "Zen...
. To get your ideas across use small words, big ideas, and short sentences. John Henry Patterson . This also goes well with Haiku, I think. Happiness lies in...
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Jul 10, 2004 8:02 am
. some forgotten clouds hooked to the mountains <> typhoon is over vergessene Wolken haengen noch an den Bergen <> der Taifun ist vorbei Gabi san [Non-text...
. the sound of one hand clapping > a dead mosquito While I was having my bout with the enemy, little Haiku-kun (my kitten) had his encounter with one of Karls...
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Jul 11, 2004 11:37 pm
Dear Haiku Friends, My heartfelt THANK YOU goes to Susumu Takiguchi for launching the WCHworldkigo project! Here is some of the background how it all started: ...
. This is how it all started, Ella taking care of her her ex- boyfriends :o) old boyfriends standing along stone wall machine gun waiting ... And here is my...
<> SLOW MUSIC <> From Japan Times today Two Notes Added A relative rush of activity broke out here this week in the world's slowest and longest lasting concert...
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Jul 13, 2004 8:42 am
. watering flowers <> the spider,s hammock filled with diamonds They have their little hammocks (not very geometrically organized webs, but real little fabrics...
... First a haiku: watering flowers <> the spider,s hammock filled with diamonds ... They have their little hammocks (not very geometrically organized webs,...
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Jul 14, 2004 2:52 am
. one first sunbeam on one yellow flower <> summer sunrise Greetings from a wonderful morning, cool and pink and yellow... Gabi from Japan [Non-text portions...