Echoes

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When I am challenged to revise a haiku, my reading slows and I perceive several possible meanings….

in the moonlight,

the color and scent of the wisteria

seems far away

© Yosa Buson (1716-1784)

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this pale winter night

fragrant colours of spring

seem so far away

©️2018 Ontheland

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a mountain village

under the piled-up snow

the sound of water

© Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902)

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a mountain village

under a fresh fall of snow

children’s laughter echoes

©️2018 Ontheland

Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #24 Revise that Haiku

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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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