JapanesePoetry

Haiku: Haiku | Reginald Horace Blyth

Had a busy weekend, so here's another catch-up post!
#haikuaday
#haikuhive
@dabbe
@thebookhippie
@thespineview
@kristy_k
@jenlovesjt47
@debinhawaii
@bellabella
@julieclair
@anncrystal
@booksandcoffee4me
@vivastory
@reggie
@cbee
@jdiehr

JenlovesJT47 These are all excellent! 💛🐝🖤🤗 1mo

TheSpineView Wow! Excellent set of haikus! 💛🐝💛 1mo

dabbe So many different emotions here! All describe the human spirit! 💛🐝🖤 1mo

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lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 Thanks! 🥰 1mo

lil1inblue @TheSpineView Thank you! 🤗 1mo

lil1inblue @dabbe Funny all the feelings we get over just a few days, right? 💛🐝💛 1mo

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👌🏼☯️✊❄️🎶🙏🏼🐝💝. 1mo

dabbe @lil1inblue In the best ways possible. 😍 1mo

bellabella Nice! 1mo

Reggie Top right makes me sad. Right bottom-sometimes I wish I could just sleep through Mondays until Tuesday‘s here, lol. Nice haikus. 1mo

lil1inblue @AnnCrystal 😍 💛 🐝 💛 1mo

lil1inblue @dabbe 🤗 💕 1mo

lil1inblue @bellabella 💓 💓 💓 1mo

lil1inblue @Reggie Top right makes me sad, too. Yesterday was certainly a Monday I would have slept through! Thanks! 💛 1mo

DebinHawaii I love the gamut of emotions & vibes you have here! Nice work! 💛🐝🖤 1mo

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lil1inblue

Haiku: Poetry Ancient & Modern | Jackie Hardy

Catch-up post - I had a 2-day migraine. 😵‍💫
#haikuaday
#haikuhive
@dabbe
@thebookhippie
@thespineview
@kristy_k
@jenlovesjt47
@debinhawaii
@bellabella
@julieclair
@anncrystal
@booksandcoffee4me
@vivastory
@reggie
@cbee
@jdiehr

TheBookHippie Those storms caused so many migraines!!! Trees down here too! 😬😵‍💫 2mo

TheSpineView Hope you are feeling better! 💞🫂💛🐝💛 2mo

Reggie Sorry about the migraine. The bottom right reminds me of Poltergeist. Both are great. 2mo

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JenlovesJT47 Been raining here all week too. Hope you feel better! 🤗💛🐝🐝 2mo

AnnCrystal 💕🐝💝⚡🐦⚡🐝💝. 2mo

dabbe Hope your migraine is better! Especially love the suspense building in the second one. 💚🐝💚 2mo

Kristy_K I loved counting the seconds between lightning and thunder as a kid! Wonderful haikus. 🙂 2mo

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie It was a doozy. I've never had the auras last so long before! 2mo

lil1inblue @TheSpineView So. Much. Better. Thanks! 💓 2mo

lil1inblue @Reggie Thank you! 💫 2mo

lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 I do. Thank you!!! 🤗 2mo

lil1inblue @AnnCrystal 💛 🐝 💛 2mo

lil1inblue @dabbe Thanks! And I'm much better today! 😍 2mo

lil1inblue @Kristy_K It was so much fun, wasn't it? Thanks! 🤗 2mo

TheBookHippie @lil1inblue SAME here… 😵‍💫😬🤦🏻‍♀️ 2mo

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie 🤗 2mo

bellabella 💛 🐝 💛 Once I find a moment I'm going to sit down and think some haikus out. I'm behind a day as well. 2mo

BooksandCoffee4Me Ouch! Hope you‘re feeling better! 💛💛💛 2mo

DebinHawaii Both are beautiful! 💛🐝💛 Hope you are feeling much better. 2mo

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lil1inblue

Haiku: Poetry Ancient & Modern | Jackie Hardy

5/12/25
Anxiety decided to pay a visit today for no reason whatsoever. 🙄
#haikuaday
#haikuhive
@dabbe
@thebookhippie
@thespineview
@kristy_k
@jenlovesjt47
@debinhawaii
@bellabella
@julieclair
@anncrystal
@booksandcoffee4me
@vivastory
@reggie
@cbee
@jdiehr

JenlovesJT47 Anxiety is the worst. 💛🐝🖤 2mo

TheBookHippie I feel that. 2mo

TheSpineView 💛🐝💛 2mo

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bellabella I hate anxiety! 😡 😂
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.“
Philippians 4:6-7 2mo

BooksandCoffee4Me @bellabella 💛💛💛Love this. It‘s my go to when I‘m hit with anxiety. 2mo

CBee I 100% understand. These days my anxiety is almost daily 😩 2mo

Reggie My teeth started to vibrate in that uncomfortable way after reading this. Great haiku. 2mo

AnnCrystal Anxiety is horribly easy to stumble into these days 🙏🐝💝.

Two of my favorites quotes about anxiety:

“Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.“

“Inhale confidence, exhale doubt.“
2mo

julieclair Ugh… this happens to my son all the time. It‘s just awful. 💙 2mo

bellabella @BooksandCoffee4Me So true. 💛 2mo

Kristy_K This haiku captures that feeling so well! It‘s the worst. (edited) 2mo

lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 Indeed.💓 2mo

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie 💓 💓 💓 2mo

lil1inblue @TheSpineView 💛 💗 💛 2mo

lil1inblue @bellabella That's lovely. Thanks for sharing it! 💛 2mo

lil1inblue @CBee I feel ya! It's rough out there! 💓 2mo

lil1inblue @Reggie Thanks. 💛 2mo

lil1inblue @AnnCrystal Thanks for sharing! 💛 🐝 💛 2mo

lil1inblue @Kristy_K It is, isn't it! 💓 2mo

lil1inblue @julieclair 💛 💓 💛 2mo

dabbe Thanks for sharing these words; they bring comfort to a lot of us and our loved ones who suffer from this difficult condition. You put your heart out there, m'dear. 💛🐝🖤 2mo

lil1inblue @dabbe Aww. Thanks, @dabbe! 💛 🐝 💛 2mo

bellabella @lil1inblue Always! 💛💛 2mo

TheBookHippie @julieclair it‘s horrific. I hope he can learn a few coping things. I‘ve learned a few over the decades and it can still just hit. Ugh. 2mo

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie @julieclair I feel like I am still learning new ways to cope! The worst is when it arrives for no reason at all. 2mo

julieclair @TheBookHippie @lil1inblue Thanks for your supportive words. Even though he‘s in his 30s, as his mom, it‘s so hard to watch. He has a new psychologist he‘s working with now who is really helping. 2mo

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BooksandCoffee4Me

Haiku: Poetry Ancient & Modern | Jackie Hardy

@TheSpineView #haikuaday #haiku
@dabbe
@thespineview
@TheBookHippie
@lil1inblue
@Kristy_K
@bellabella
@JenlovesJT47
@julieclair
@bellabella
@AnnCrystal

JenlovesJT47 Ooh I love this 💛🐝💛 2mo

TheSpineView 💛🐝💛🚈🚂 2mo

TheBookHippie Yes!!! Let‘s go! 2mo

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DebinHawaii Perfect-love this! 🖤🐝💛 2mo

bellabella YES PLEASE!! 2mo

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🚂🐝💝. 2mo

dabbe All aboard! 💛🐝🖤 2mo

Reggie Nice! I grew up down the street from the tracks, my grandparents said I would always run out the door yelling train, train! when I was 3. 2mo

BooksandCoffee4Me @Reggie When my boys were little, we all called out “Train! Cool!” 😊 2mo

lil1inblue This makes me miss the sound of the train coming through in my hometown! 💛 2mo

BooksandCoffee4Me @lil1inblue Oh, 💛 It seems I‘ve almost always lived where I could hear the trains. 2mo

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Blerdgal_Fenix

Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death | Yoel Hoffmann

Day 19 - cemetery- may your rest be peaceful

#scarathlon #skeletoncrew @CIwojick & @StayCurious

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Graywacke

One Hundred Poems from the Japanese | Kenneth Rexroth

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She makes a nice model.

This a gorgeous book. The sense, while reading, is visual. The poems are all so short, a compression of multi-meaning sparse impressions. Rexroth includes mini-biographies of each author in the back, which adds some needed weight for lost a reader like me. I don't know anything about Japanese, its poetry, or ancient history. I had no context for these. I enjoyed them, even if they didn't stick. I enjoyed looking at them.

TheBookHippie I read for FOODANDLIT JAPAN this tagged book I was fascinated with it!

Haiku: Japanese Art and Poetry

Leftcoastzen Love Rextoth! Great doggie model! 🐶 2y

batsy What a beautiful face 🐶 2y

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dabbe Hello, gorgeous book-tolerating-on-my-side pup! 🖤🐾🖤 2y

SqueakyChu Love the pic! 😂 2y

Graywacke @TheBookHippie looks lovely 2y

Graywacke @Leftcoastzen @batsy @dabbe @SqueakyChu Pepper thanks you all. And, @dabbe , she does tolerate a lot. 🙂 @Leftcoastzen - this book is about all I know about Rexroth. 2y

dabbe She's a Precious Pepper! 💙🖤🩵 2y

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Graywacke

One Hundred Poems from the Japanese | Kenneth Rexroth

Ōtomo No Yakamochi lived from 718 to 785.

This is a gorgeous book i‘ve had for ages and am finally working through. I don‘t have any context. I haven‘t read any Japanese poetry, and I have no clue what was happening in Japan when these poems were written.

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JamieArc

The Narrow Road to the Deep North, and Other Travel Sketches | Bash? Matsuo

Catie, dear friend, what a wonderful and thoughtful package! I saw the book was one you posted about some years ago, that changed or inspired you, so I‘m really looking forward to it. I have a growing collection of Michigan shirts so this is perfect 😁 #Nunlit folks, please note the prayerful pretzels. I will snack on them while reading my nun books. The tea looks delicious. Everything is lovely - thank you so much Catie! I hope you are well!

catiewithac

JamieArc To add, the prayerful pretzels are “prayerfully prepared by the Sisters of St. Benedict.” 2y

jlhammar Prayerful Pretzels! How perfect. 2y

catiewithac I‘m so glad you liked everything!! 🥳🤩 2y

Amiable @catiewithac Where did you get that t-shirt? I need to get one for my husband (an Illinois native) and his brother (Illinois+ now living in Minnesota)! Not to mention that my oldest son was born in Michigan while we were living there when I was in grad school ... (edited) 2y

catiewithac @Amiable I found it at Whereabouts Shop! 2y

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IndoorDame

Triumph of the Sparrow: Zen Poems | Shinkichi Takahashi

#spray #poetrymatters @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Lovely! 2y

dabbe 💚💚💚 2y

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IndoorDame

Silent Flowers: A Collection of Japanese Haiku | Dorothy Price

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This slim collection of classic haiku with illustrations by Nanae ito is just lovely! Nothing is as restful and calming to me as reading classical haiku.

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