Saturday Haiku: Vigilance

ever vigilant,

two deer grazing quietly

hear distant footsteps

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Image: "Deer and Pine in Moonlight" at Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Artist: Ohara Koson  (Japanese, 1878–1945)
Medium: Woodblock print



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Saturday Haiku: Tadpoles

While I'm on hiatus, here is one from my archives:

a six year old child

scooping tadpoles from the pond

pure, messy delight

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Image: Frog and Tadpoles
Artist: Ohara Koson
Medium: Japanese Woodblock Print



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Saturday Haiku: Reaching for the Moon

While I'm on hiatus, here is one from my archives:

no hand may grasp it

who can deny the beauty

of the moon at night

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Image: "Monkey Reaching for Reflection of the Moon"
Artist: Ohara Koson, Japan (1877-1945)
Medium: Woodblock print
Public Domain

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Saturday Haiku: Reaching

things beyond our reach

may yet be within our grasp

given proper tools

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Image: "Silhouetted Man Harvesting a Nest"
Artist: Ohara Koson
Medium: Woodblock print



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Saturday Haiku: Diligence

ever diligent,

two deer grazing quietly

hear distant footsteps

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Image: "Deer and Pine in Moonlight" at Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Artist: Ohara Koson  (Japanese, 1878–1945)
Medium: Woodblock print



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Saturday Haiku: Tadpoles

a six year old child

scooping tadpoles from the pond

pure, messy delight

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Image: Frog and Tadpoles
Artist: Ohara Koson
Medium: Japanese Woodblock Print



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Saturday Haiku: Barn Swallows

when swallows take flight

and winds become more playful

the eye must follow

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Image: Two Barn Swallows in Flight, Willow Branch and Flowering Cherry above (1910)
Artist: Ohara Koson (Japan)
Medium: Woodblock print
Public Domain (courtesy of WikiArt)



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Saturday Haiku: Domestic Fowl

a brood of chickens
scratching along in the dirt
throughout history

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Image "Bantam Cock, Hen, and Chick"
Artist: Ohara Koson (Japanese, 1877-1945)
Medium: woodblock print



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Saturday Haiku: Reaching for the Moon

no hand may grasp it

who can deny the beauty

of the moon at night

_______________________________________

Image: "Monkey Reaching for Reflection of the Moon"
Artist: Ohara Koson, Japan (1877-1945)
Medium: Woodblock print
Public Domain

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