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This is nice. The poem is from the 16th century.
Haiku from arjuno kecil on Vimeo.
Like a flower returning to it’s branch I go back to work tomorrow. Sheesh.

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Here’s a couple of links before I get started. One to Deep Kyoto and the Cafe/Bar/Knick-Knack shop Smoke Room.
Then up on Pink Tentacle I love these beautiful 19th century Japanese ghost scrolls. Nice and creepy for the Obon season.
Now for today’s message from Hozouji which is a poem by the poet and calligrapher Mitsuo Aida. [...]

Today on Deep Kyoto, a pleasant chain of Indian curry houses you can find dotted throughout Shiga and Kyoto: Raju.
And here on the home-blog, Mr. Shakespeare says:
When I consider every thing that grows
Holds in perfection but a little moment,
That this huge stage presenteth nought but shows
Whereon the stars in secret influence comment;
When I perceive that [...]

Here again (and long overdue) I offer up the second in a projected series of translations and readings of seasonal poems from the Hyakunin Isshu. This one was a toughie. Here is the poem in Japanese, then romaji, and then my translation:
かささぎの
渡せる橋に
置く霜の
白きを見れば
夜ぞ更けにける
[中納言家持]
kasasagi no
wataseru hashi ni
oku shimo no
shiroki wo mireba
yo zo fuke ni keru
[Chunagon Yakamochi]
magpies spread [...]

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When I woke this morning, the world around me was laden in a light coating of snow (hence the pictures above). Snow doesn’t lay very often in Kyoto. How nice it would be I thought, if I could get in a taxi and take some pretty pictures [...]

Just a little something to challenge myself with. And you might like it too. Who knows?

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Today, the poet that’s foremost on my mind is that crack-pot Irish esoteric romantic W.B. Yeats. A great man. Many of his most famous poems were inspired by his deep infatuation for a lady named Maud Gonne, a woman of passion, with a deep sense of justice and fully dedicated to the cause of Irish [...]

Here’s a short video poem by Billy Collins that took my fancy lately. I love how the colours and sounds of the animation complement the fantastic journey described:
Walking across the Atlantic

Billy Collins is that rare thing: a popular poet. Popular because his work captures the imagination and because it is accessible (though he prefers the [...]

Another short salley down the back alleys of nostalgia… Back in the mid-90’s I remember watching Benjamin Zephaniah performing at a school in Cambridge and then watching the big grin on his face as he watched the kids performing one of his poems back to him. After his show was over he played basketball with [...]

Am I the only one who doesn’t like the New Google Analytics? Whereas before I could enjoy seeing just how many visitors my blog was getting each day, on the day, and with the GeoMap Overlay I could also see exactly where in the world my visitors were from…. all that has vanished! To be [...]