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El

@elspanhoff

working on it

 sultry south
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Joined March 2018
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as the evening settles another ordinary day becomes eternity Ogawa
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getting used to spring rain... lamp-lit house in the trees 春雨になれて灯とぼる薮の家
harusame ni narete hi toboru yabu no ie  haikuguy.com/issa/new.html
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"Green was the silence, wet was the light, the month of June trembled like a butterfly." ― Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets [images: Hasui Kawase / Koson Ohara]
Image from Kazuko M. (@EstherHawdon)
Image from Kazuko M. (@EstherHawdon)
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Some spirits arrive as foxes. Others arrive as recurring thoughts. Aiko Sora Bennett
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"If I could catch the green lantern of firefly I could see to write you a letter." Amy Lowell [images: Kiyochika Kobayashi/ Kiyokata Kaburagi ]
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Image from Kazuko M. (@EstherHawdon)
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The Fairy on the Kingfisher by Jean-Baptiste Monge
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summer moon hands clapping softly at first morning light Basho
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Replying to @rainyreverie
all the shades that never matched finally belonged
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Beloved Joseph Haydn d otd 1809! His modest creed: “There are so few contented peoples here below! Perhaps my labours will be a source from which they can derive rest and refreshment... This is why I now look back with cheerful satisfaction on the labours I expended on this art."
Image from Steven Isserlis (@StevenIsserlis)
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first light the world beginning without permission Akari
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there are truths that arrive only after midnight
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rain against windows mint tea carrying the room quietly Ogawa
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he haunts her dreams beautifully
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Replying to @gentlewords1202
distant thunder someone returning through memory
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"In summer the night. Not only when the moon shines, but on dark night too, as the fireflies flit to and fro, and even when it rains, how beautiful it is!" ― Sei Shonagon, The Pillow Book (images: Hasui Kawase / Mikiko Noji)
Image from Kazuko M. (@EstherHawdon)
Image from Kazuko M. (@EstherHawdon)
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It’s only A matter of time But whose time
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the sound of birdsong behind the hydrangeas and a faded moon Basho
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desire asking only for shared tea at dawn Akari
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a gentle voice can interrupt generations of fear
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a handwritten poem inside my coat pocket all spring Akari
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