Lost in tranquil seas
Where spring feels melancholy
Another sunset
Gary Clarke joined a social media platform to raise awareness about an infrastructure issue in his local area by creating a website at Whaligoe Eye in August, 2021. During this time, he stumbled across a poetry and writing community which provided support and encouragement for his creativity.
Living right on the coastline in the Highlands of Scotland provides Gary with plenty of inspiration for his poetic endeavours, and through moments of sunrise and sunset gracing the North Sea it proves to be a motivational muse.

haiku by Gary Clarke https://whaligoeeye.co.uk/

picture by Lavi Perchik https://unsplash.com/photos/bwm26JyAHBk

Melancholy

Melancholy (haikuchallenge486)

Sound of mountain
sound of ocean
everywhere spring rain.

Sôen Nakagawa was a key figure in the transmission of Zen Buddhism from Japan to the Western world. Author Sean Murphy, in his “One Bird, One Stone: 108 Contemporary Zen Stories”, tells us an interesting story about the Zen Buddhist master during his time in the U.S.:

“Soen loved to walk around New York City. He’d stare at the lighted skyscrapers, at their tops, he claimed he saw Buddha figures in the lights. “Look at the Buddha,” he’d point, “Shining Buddha!” He’d fill the sleeves of his robes with nuts and berries from Central Park or herbs growing in the sidewalk cracks, and add them to his bowl at the next meal. He loved the musical Fiddler on the Roof, and when asked a question about why some particular point of ceremony needed to be performed in a certain way, he might burst into song, responding “Tradition…!”

haiku by Sôen Nakagawa https://tricycle.org/magazine/endless-vow-zen-path-soen-nakagawa/

picture by Guillaume de Germain https://unsplash.com/photos/Z8l4vxWTEiY

Sounds

Sounds (haikuchallenge487)

The first thunder
Is likely to shake
The tiered doll stand.
by: Kawahigashi Hekigoto
Is the poem for the HaikuChallnge531
Like Santoka and Seisensui, Kawahigashi Hekigoto (1873-1937) was an important advocate of the free verse haiku.
Besides being a writer and critic of haiku, Hekigoto was a literary scholar, noh dancer, art critic, calligrapher, social commentator, and mountain climber.
Picture by Yusuf Evli

The First

The First (NaviarHaiku531)

2 chords, 4 chord changes, under 2 minutes, 2/4-time
My respons to this weeks Naviar Records Haiku Challenge 547.
night deepening…
following my neighbour, I too
try to cool myself outside
Haiku by  Mukai Kyorai
Picture by Tri Wisnu Hadi

Night Deepening

Other than the woodcutter
there’s nobody here;
late-blooming cherries

by: Ichihara Tayo-Jo
https://wkdhaikutopics.blogspot.com/2007/03/ichihara-tayo-jo.html

Picture by: Markus Spiske
 https://unsplash.com/photos/brown-and-black-tree-trunk-illustration-Yum19Tg4U18

Nobody Here

Nobody Here (NaviarHaiku 553)

the forest is listening_NAVIARHAIKU592

Jan Bjork has had a passionate interest in music since a very young age. Having training in playing the piano, selfstudies has led to more instruments that can be handled. His own music covers piano and electronic/synth based music reflecting his broad taste in many genres. Coming releases will include piano, synth/electronic, ambient all with influences ranging from classical, blues, jazz, rock etcetera.
Thank you for taking time to visit my cloud and maybe even commenting on my work. I try to check out the work of all the people who comment or re-post but it may take a while before I do so.

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