Fallen Leaves - Ochiba
.. .. .. .. Fallen Leaves
sweeping fallen leaves -
the wind sweeps
faster
sweeping the leaves
with a broom like old Jittoku -
again and again
Here you also find the story of the Broom and Jittoku.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/happyhaiku/message/367
Read my Stories about Autumn in Kurashiki
http://www.amie.or.jp/daruma/Kurashiki.html
and Koraku-En, a famous park in Okayama City.
http://www.amie.or.jp/daruma/Koraku-En.html
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The famous Zen priest, Ryokan san (Ryookan 良寛）, also enjoyed to sweep his temple grounds, as you could see in the picture below.
The leaves are falling
Just enough to make a fire―
A gift of the wind!
Read my Story about Ryokan san.
http://www.amie.or.jp/daruma/Ryokan.html
http://cat22.k-free.net/flow/500.html
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posted by Gabi Greve @ 12/06/2004
4 Comments:
Combined with the splendour of the pictures, it glows with the divinity and true spirit of autum; to me who has never experienced autum, it is an experience of this spirit.
Dear Friends from the Bahati center, I am glad you can feel something of the glorious autumn in moderate climates.
Please enjoy my Haiku Gallery !
GABI
. Bahati Haiku Club, Kenya .
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I love your first poem here about the wind sweeping the leaves. Very insightful and well stated. Good work. Ed Bremson
Hi Ed,
thanks for dropping in.
Apart from writing haiku once in a while, I am also leading a "Wellness Center" (Genki Juku), exploring Asian health teachings.
http://genkijuku.blogspot.com/
I will introduce your TAO pages there, looks quite interesting at first glance !
GABI
http://haikuandhappiness.blogspot.com/
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