Snake Shadow

hot afternoon - the shadow of a snake grows smaller

. World Kigo Database : Snake (hebi) .



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Toothace

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梅雨最中　ずきずき　ずきと　歯の痛み
tsuyu sanaka 　zukizuki　zuki to 　ha no itami

long rainy season -
splitting splitting splitting
my tooth aches

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. Rainy Season 2006 in my Village Ohaga .


How to translate onomatopoetic words?
zukizuki ...
throbbing, pulsating, puckern in German ...

long rainy season -
throb throb throb
my tooth aches

lange Regenzeit -
pucker pucker pucker
mein Zahn tut weh

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. Deities to heal your toothace .



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Lily with visitor

deeper and deeper the heart of the lily unfolds looking for the secret of nature - show me your fragrance

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deeper and deeper
the heart of the lily
unfolds
eagerly expecting
a welcomed visitor

Vic Gendrano

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. My Kannon Lily, 2005 .

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rain through the night

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rain through the night -
the sound of the nearby river
swollen again


strong rain again -
do the drowned folk leave wet spots
on heaven's floor ?


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It sounds like living close to a big waterfall ... the little gulch, which usually has not water at all, runs wild ...

The whole valley is filled with these run-offs from the surrounding mountains and sounds like the wet water hell to me ...

It is amazing what kind of thoughts go through your head after five days of constant heavy downpoor, major downpoor and interludes of strong drizzle ...

Japan is going through the rainy season of the century !

and still more rain to come for the next three days ...



http://www.tbs.co.jp/weather/pressure-j.html


. My Village Ohaga, July 2006 . More about this rain front !


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Mimizu Earthworm

naga ame ya kazu ga fueru no mimizu kun long long rain - the earthworms numbers increase steadily

They are lurking everywhere outside these days.
And the size, amazing !
Visitors take them for snakes !



. Rain LINK from Yesterday .

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Rain Rain Rain

rain rain rain the world of lilies the world of men Look at the lilies in the fields and the sparrows that fly who are taken care of by God. Are you less than they? Bhagavadgita

Haiku : Rain through the night

Haiku : Mimizu Earthworm

. Strong Rain on July 26 .

. Strong Rain on July 20 .

. Strong Rain on July 19 .

. Haiku : Strong Rain Yesterday Too. July 16 .

. Strong Rain in Ohaga, July 16 .

. Strong Rain and Thunder Clouds on July 14 .


.... Records of July in Ohaga, mostly RAIN RAIN RAIN ...

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. Strong Rain Forecast on July 18 .

. Strong Rain Forecast on July 18 .

. Strong Rain Forecast on July 16 .

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Strong Rain

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strong rain again -
the prayer wheel turns
faster

. July in my Village Ohaga .

World Kigo Database: Rain in various kigo

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Tiny Ant

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


watching the sunset -
a tiny ant crawls
over my big toe





© Photo by Amy Chavez
. Sunset at the MOOOOOO BAR ! Shiraishi Island .

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Dear Gaby, this is so powerful;
one fleeting glance away from the sunset and so much changes can take place; and the smallest of creatures can cause this, however your haiku like the camera captures a moment that can last forever

Gillena Cox

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Kannon Lily 0713

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. - - - My Kannon Lily, since 2004 - - - .



Kannon Lily 2014 -
Four stems with many flowers opened on July 14!



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Gladiola

the world so full of sad news - flowers just flower

. Mumbai, Bombay, July 11, 2006.


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Spider

the hungry hunter just hangs in there - my colorful garden

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. WKD : Spider (kumo) as a Kigo .

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Cats in Chairs

summer heat - even the cats need a deck chair hot summer night - nobody likes to sleep alone

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Cats in Paradise
More about Haiku-kun and O-Tsu !!!!!


. WKD : CAT as a Kigo .


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Bumblebee

rainy seaseon - every short break spent in search of food

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WKD : BEE as a Kigo .

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Dragon Typhoon

typhoon season - a dragon hovers over Japan

It is hard to believe, but about 5 hours after I posted the above Dragon, there is a new one sneaking in from the South !
Typhoon Nr. 4 is on its way !



. YAHOO Weather Report Japan .

World Kigo Database: Typhoon, Hurricane

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typhoon warning -
the dragon huddles
all over Japan

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Rainbow

> Regenbogen !
> Mutters Hand tastet
> nach meiner


> rainbow !
> mother's hand reaches
> for mine


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That's a sweet one Gabi on rainbow.

Here's mine written from memory which is still vivid!!
15 years back we were travelling on road from Bombay to Chennai . . . crossing green fields

raining sunset:
a rainbow fades
into the horizon

Kala from India


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gefällt mir ausgesprochen gut, liebe gabi!

liebe grüsse -- d (Germany)

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Wunderbar...

wieder so ein verbindendes Zeichen.
War es doch für mich seit meinem Erlebnis im Daihizan Fumonji, der warme laue Wind, der einen Gruß schickte...

Danke Gabi

Herzliche Grüße, M.


. Rainbow, a kigo for summer .

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Collecting Kigo

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rokugatsu ya
kigo shuushuu mo
ame no naka

t'is June !
collecting kigo
all in the rain


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Tensaku by Susumu Takiguchi, WHCjapan

This is a haiku which makes one smile. All the more so if the reader is living in Japan and knows tsuyu (Japan's rainy season), especially that of this year. England is suffering from severe shortage of rain and hosepipe ban is imposed. On the other hand, it is no laughing matter where people are killed and properties destroyed by floods.

Perhaps only those who know what the author is doing will really understand what she means by 'kigo shuushuu'. Most Japanese living in Japan are likely to be puzzled by the phrase because probably few of them would 'collect' kigo unless they are helping editors of a saijiki, or even they are beginning to get bored to 'collect' other things such as antique items or Elvis memorabilia. So, 'editing' would be a better choice of word.

The shimo-go (the last 5) would in English mean that the act of collecting kigo is actually done outside, whether or not the author is being rained on and getting wet or even drenched to the skin, or sheltered under an umbrella or someone else's eaves or a big tree. This is of course if the author's house is not leaking and letting the rain pour down on her sitting at her computer, rather a Basho-like figure (Singing in the Rain???). Her house, as far as I recall, is solid and completely sealed like an Englishman's castle. However, that was before she experienced violent storms, one of the heaviest snow falls and this year's tsuyu. In Japanese, the expression would pose less problem as Japanese is less 'accurate', 'specific' or 'fussy', i.e. it is more versatile, flexible and richer.
So, my TENSAKU would be:

rokugatsu ya
kigo henshuu mo (or, just no)
ame no hibi

Kengin,

Susumu

WHC Japan


Thanks, Susumu sensei!

I think indeed I collect kigo as I collect antiques and Daruma san!

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Lily

梅雨最中　貴方の笑顔　ありがとう！ the rainy season ! a big THANK YOU for your smile Her stem had been bitten off by some insects and I had tended to her for a few days in my stone water basin. This morning, when I opened the door, she was there, all shining in the rain ! ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo In the dew of little things, the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. Kahlil Gibran The Prophet

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. Fire Lily in my Album July 1, 2006 .


After the Rain ... Raindrops on my Lilies


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