Blogs about: Transience
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AUTUMN COMINGS AND GOINGS
Gyōdai wrote: Aki no yama tokorodokoro ni kemuri tatsu Autumn’s mountains here-there at smoke rises The autumn hills; Here and there Smoke rises. It is a pleasant verse, and reminds one … more →
HOKKU
A Tout Le Monde
osmosisofaffliction wrote 4 days ago: +++ Forgive the coming silence; sometimes I cannot -just cannot lay it down here- not right now … more →
AUTUMN COMINGS AND GOINGS
hokku wrote 6 days ago: Gyōdai wrote: Aki no yama tokorodokoro ni kemuri tatsu Autumn’s mountains here-there at … more →
WHAT COMES FROM THE READER
hokku wrote 1 week ago: There are some hokku difficult for young people to understand — difficult not because of compl … more →
Fall Again
myatama wrote 1 week ago: The fall of leaves again. Everything about Japan is bittersweet. You snap a million pictures under t … more →
Quel temps fait-il?
osmosisofaffliction wrote 1 week ago: Il fait mauvais. … more →
Four Quartets: 1. Burnt Norton
The Invisible Choir wrote 2 weeks ago: Burnt Norton By T.S Eliot I Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future And t … more →
WHITE DEW
hokku wrote 2 weeks ago: Having spent enough time talking about why hokku is not the same as haiku (and why haiku is not hokk … more →
CHRYSANTHEMUMS AND PERSIMMONS
hokku wrote 3 weeks ago: Several times a week, I pass a public stairwell with a big flower arrangement on the landing. This … more →
FALLING LEAVES
hokku wrote 3 weeks ago: In old hokku, falling and fallen leaves are generally a winter subject. But where I live, as well a … more →
When the sun shines it will shine out the clearer
Allison wrote 3 weeks ago: My new computer should be arriving in a week. You may or may not hear from me very much next month … more →
What's in a name?
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magsol wrote 3 weeks ago: “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” -William Shakespeare’s Romeo and … more →
ZEN AND HOKKU
hokku wrote 1 month ago: Hokku is often described as “Zen” verse. Actually it is the most “Zen” of a … more →
Detours
osmosisofaffliction wrote 1 month ago: *** I desperately want to snuff out everything I feel, everything I know, everything I remember: eve … more →
“Love Things for Their True Essence- Love People for Who They Are”: Wabi Sabi Tells You!
Maha Youssuf wrote 1 month ago: Please note that this article doesn’t intend by any means to promote the endorsement of some Buddhis … more →
BEGINNING TO LEARN CONTENT IN HOKKU
hokku wrote 3 months ago: The outer form of hokku is quickly described; the content of hokku takes more time, because it has s … more →
THE WHEEL OF THE YEAR
hokku wrote 3 months ago: In her bittersweet children’s book Tuck Everlasting, Natalie Babbitt writes: “The first … more →
understanding of the sadness at the heart of a good time
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Junta Sekimori wrote 3 months ago: A newspaper review of the recent Hyde Park Blur concert had a line in it that impressed a friend. … more →
Newfound
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Pablo Saborio wrote 3 months ago: I, the dream of a god, an outcome of invisible hands at once performance and spect … more →
"I didn't even guess that I was happy"
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wlr wrote 5 months ago: There is this wiggle-shimmy-dance-thing that I do whenever I am enjoying what I’m eating. It … more →
