echoes of the forest (tan renga)

the cool breeze
fills the empty vault of heaven
with the voice of the pine tree
© Onitsura

echoes of a woodpecker
marking his territory

taste of nature (tan renga)

taste of nature –
sweet blackberry bushes
sing to child and bees
© Sara McNulty

sweet scents lure a mockingbird
child’s giggles send it in flight

willow weeps (tan renga)

a dream in a dream
sand slipping through old fingers
autumn leaves turn red © Georgia

like old disheveled women
weeping willows hang their heads

willow at her site (tan renga)

the willow leaves fallen,
the spring gone dry,
rocks here and there © Buson

stands by the barren willow
heart still longs for her

late spring (haiku)

fragile cherry blossoms
cover the backyard of the mansion
tears rolling down my cheeks

advent of spring
that old apple tree
pubescent buds

snowdrift by Ese (tan renga)

deep in snowdrift
I wrap my arms around tree
last dance before spring
© Ese

still burning from that first kiss
snow melts on my lips

365 Days of Guest Posts at The Seeker’s Dungeon…read on

Taken from The Seeker’s Dungeon

by Sreejit Poole

365 Days of Guest Posts on Living and Dying. Get involved and share your story.

All things born must die a physical death. This we all know. Whether you believe that we fade to black or merge into the light, view death as an end, a new beginning or a transition, plays a major role in how you live. Do you try and experience everything you can knowing that you are going to die and be gone forever? Does this cause you to embrace life more fully or does it fill you with fear? Or do you believe that the way you live sets before you a path towards heaven, hell, or future births?

For 365 days, starting from May 1, 2016, we will have a meditation on Life and Death here in the Dungeon. I want to hear about how you embrace life. What makes you feel alive? What gives your life value? I want to know about how you deal with death. When did you come to really understand death? How has that affected your life? Does death make life more meaningful?

All bloggers, writers, artists, live-ers and die-ers are welcome. Send your prose piece (600 – 3000 words) along with a short bio, a profile picture, or picture that represents you to be featured with the bio, and a header image (2000 x 640 pixels recommended) to sreejitpoole927@gmail.com and enter On Living and Dying as the subject. Be sure to also give the blog, webpage, Facebook, or Twitter address that you’d like your name to be linked to. (If you don’t have one of these, and live totally off the grid, that’s cool too.)

365 days means there are a lot of voices being involved. If you have a friend that you think has a good story to tell, invite them to join. If they don’t consider themselves writers, tell them that you’ll proofread it for them and get it up to par. We want to hear from everybody.

All submitted content should be the original work of the author.

Other notes: Don’t be scared to proofread before submission. Feel free to share your best material! There is 365 days, so no need to stream of conscious it, take a day and reread, refresh and rejuvenate your post until it’s fantastic.