posting for Frank Tassone’s Haikai Challenge #20, hazy moon.
Black spring night sky – I
descry through blacker branches
oborozuki
![hazymoon[1]](https://kanzensakura.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/hazymoon1.jpg)
Hazy moon – おぼろ月
26 Mar 2014 24 Comments
in Haiku Tags: early spring, haiku, hazy moon, Japanese style poetry, night sky, oborozuki
kanzen sakura 
Mar 26, 2014 @ 22:05:54
I’ve only just got down my hiragana and katakana, and barely touched the kanji – but I did learn moon/flesh, and I was so happy when I was able to read this title! And sorry for getting distracted from the poem, which I liked very much 🙂
Lily
Mar 26, 2014 @ 22:10:54
HOORAY FOR YOU!!!! I don’t mind you getting distracted at all. I am smiling hugely for you.
Mar 26, 2014 @ 22:31:39
Haha thanks! I hope to go to Japan this August so I’ve go to get ready in between school and all!
Lily
Mar 26, 2014 @ 22:35:39
You will love it, or at least I hope so. I’ve been several times in different seasons. Spring and winter are my favorites. I am excited for you and of course, you are going to take tons of photos and tell us about your adventures!!!!
Mar 26, 2014 @ 22:56:39
I wish I could go in spring! I shall indeed take pictures, I forget things so easily but it would be very unfortunate to forget my first visit!
Mar 27, 2014 @ 10:55:46
It sin’t you’ll forget – it is just such a rush of sounds, smells, sights – the moment when you first see people being pushed into the commuter trains by the train pushers, the first time you have udon in a busy noodle house….all those things. Being immersed in the life and land of a different group of people (very different).
my favorite time was a visit to Ryonan-ji during the winter and it began to snow….hatsuyuki. I did a post about it. Japan gets into your heart…
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 02:56:41 +0000
To: thspencer51@hotmail.com
Mar 27, 2014 @ 11:13:35
Hatsu~ means first, right? Like hatsukoi? I can’t wait to experience these things!
Mar 27, 2014 @ 11:24:10
first snow – I love how the Japanese have these words for specific events in their seasons and how that specific word evokes all they need to know about the temperature, smell of the air, feeling….
Mar 27, 2014 @ 14:34:03
This reminds me that there is so much for me to learn 🙂
Mar 28, 2014 @ 09:49:27
I am an old cat and am still learning! Having a relationship and living with a Japanese man for 10 plus years helped!
Mar 28, 2014 @ 10:52:06
I can see how it would 🙂
Mar 28, 2014 @ 12:02:58
Yeppers – I miss him – my First Great Love….you never forget that one.
Mar 26, 2014 @ 22:08:30
What does oborozuki mean? I tried to look it up. No easy answer. Over to you. 🙂
Mar 26, 2014 @ 22:12:09
Spring season kigo word for hazy moon.
Mar 26, 2014 @ 23:58:45
Not so long ago it was the name of a restaurant in Shizuoka City! Beautiful picture! Great Poem!
Mar 27, 2014 @ 10:57:46
Thank you. I believe at some point here, there was a Zen center by the same name. Not sure if it is still around. apparently, the hazy moon touches us in different ways, no matter where we are.
Mar 27, 2014 @ 14:17:23
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Mar 27, 2014 @ 01:02:11
Truly quite lovely.
Mar 27, 2014 @ 10:00:40
Thank you.
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 05:02:13 +0000
To: thspencer51@hotmail.com
Mar 27, 2014 @ 14:17:09
http://kanzensakura.com/2014/03/27/wooo-hoooo-better-than-freshly-pressed Please go to this link. I am giving out awards like a wild woman and want to be sure you go and pick out what you want. Thank you for following my blog and thank you for your blog.
Feb 11, 2018 @ 10:17:31
Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #1 (2/11/18): Toni’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!
Feb 16, 2018 @ 19:08:04
I envy you your knowledge of Japanese and all things haikai. Profoundly beautiful. Thanks for connecting me, Toni.
Feb 16, 2018 @ 21:18:24
Thank you for being my friend. After all, in another life we were two court ladies in the court of a great shogun. 😸💟