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A pear tree is blooming. Shiki |
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Original Haiku Designs
by Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase
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In reading this poem I always think of the landmarks in central Virginia indicating important battles from the civil war. Each time the landscape before me is breathtakingly beautiful. And it is so hard to imagine what had happened there in the past. People are this way too. Everyone has had difficulties even though the scars don't always show. Many times we only see the person as they are now, a pear tree in bloom, and we forget that each person has fought their share of battles - and yet.
Blyth suggests the translation:
By a house collapsed, Calligraphy Notes:
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References:
[1] Translation by Timothy L. Jackowski, Takase Studios, LLC.
[2] Blyth, R. H. (1981) Haiku Volume 1: Eastern Culture. Tokyo. The Hokuseido Press. 166.
Related Sites:
Jeffrey's Japanese <-> English Dictionary - This is an independent dictionary based on the Edict data maintained by Dr. Jim Breen of Monash University.
Haiku Source - A Selected Collection of Japanese Haiku - Includes a few English translations
Wikipedia - Haiku - Overview of Haiku including brief biographies of Japan's most influential poets
Moonset Literary Newspaper - Dedicated to the Poetic and Visual Studies of Japanese Art Forms
Copyrights are retained by the original authors and used here under the
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