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"Having woken from an afternoon nap
I remained there
to watch the clouds" Kyoshi Takahama
(image: Taikan Yokoyama)
"an inn for
kappa to make love in ―
summer moon" Buson
(kappa trying to pull man into the water, Kuniyoshi)
Night of four moons
and one lone tree,
with one lone shadow
and one lone bird.
García Lorca via @ThepaleUsher (image: Koson Ohara)
"By this hedge
young bush warblers, too
unsure and awkward" Issa Kobayashi
(bush warbler in winter, Koson Ohara)
"The butterfly
perfuming its wings
fans the orchid" Basho Matsuo
(image: Kiitsu Suzuki)
"The dear good angel of the spring,
The nightingale." Sappho, fragment 39
(The nightingale, Edmund Dulac)
"Count the stars: there are seven.
And of gold lighthouse, nine." (1) Yaso Saijo
(image: Koho Shoda)
"In the water bucket
a melon and an eggplant
nodding to each other" Buson
「水桶にうなづきあふや瓜茄子」与謝蕪村
(Kiyokata kaburagi)
"just for fun
I put Mother on my back
She weighs so
little I start crying
& can't walk 3 steps" Takuboku
(Picasso)
"an iris
white at twilight
My hometown" Shiki Masaoka
(image: Koson Ohara)