midnight: snow flowers
spiral down and quickly die
on my outstretched hand.
初雪（はつゆき First Snow – haiku
13 Nov 2014 21 Comments
in Haiku Tags: brevity of life, first snow, haiku, mono no aware, peace, poetry, snow, winter night
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kanzen sakura 
Nov 13, 2014 @ 22:54:39
Oh yes!. I see the open hand, palm up and already dropping as well. 😀 I feel disappointment.
Nov 13, 2014 @ 22:57:21
So did I. So brief…mono no aware..like the cherry blossom and the life of the Samurai – brief, fleeting…one word for snowflake is hana no yuki – snow flower and used to compare to the white cherry blossom
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Nov 13, 2014 @ 23:15:43
Seems everything is becoming more brief… ❤
Nov 13, 2014 @ 23:21:02
except for SamCat’s love of his crunchies…
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Nov 13, 2014 @ 23:27:12
😀 😀
My fur ball has been eating a lot lately but then so have it. One of us has got to quit eating me out of house and home. 😀
Night, night.
Nov 14, 2014 @ 08:53:20
Guess they are stoking up for winter.
Nov 14, 2014 @ 10:31:07
Sigh. Hope we both don’t make this a bad habit. 😀
Nov 13, 2014 @ 23:13:15
Such a powerful imagery and metaphor for helping.
Nov 13, 2014 @ 23:21:32
Thank you. Your words mean so much to me.
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Nov 13, 2014 @ 23:27:12
Lovely, such beauty even in its sadness.
Nov 14, 2014 @ 08:52:51
Thank you so very much.
Nov 14, 2014 @ 00:06:11
Exquisite!
Nov 14, 2014 @ 08:54:12
Thank you! Your time is a precious thing and I appreciate your taking it to read this.
Nov 14, 2014 @ 10:37:10
I loved reading your work and re-read it several times. I also read it aloud to Tom and he asked me to repeat it twice as he enjoyed your words so much. The visual image is so intriguing, I couldn’t break away.
Nov 14, 2014 @ 16:28:19
I am so very pleased to hear this. it gives me great joy when a poem connects like that. I feel I have done what I try to do.
Nov 14, 2014 @ 00:08:15
perfection~
Nov 14, 2014 @ 08:54:59
❤ 🙂 ❤
Nov 14, 2014 @ 08:31:34
Stunning…and poignant, Kanzen. Thank you. xo
Nov 14, 2014 @ 08:55:46
❤ ❤ ❤
Nov 16, 2014 @ 17:44:09
Another snowflake landing via the wonderful M-R to wish you happy birthday. The haiku works really well for me. This is a haiku blog I follow http://ashiakira.wordpress.com/2014/11/12/outside-the-window-2/
Nov 16, 2014 @ 17:50:07
Thank you for dropping by and your well wishes. I follow the same blog as well and enjoy it. I have a second blog, Aki no Koe (voice of autumn, poetry for the seasons), it is not just haiku but also general poetry and some tanka. I think he does a great job. It is always so nice to find someone who follows the same blog as one and enjoys it so much. I hope you will visit me often and always feel welcome. kanzensakura is a general blog and mainly, just a lot of fun and trying to spread light to others. I am glad you like this latest haiku. it is one of the few I have been pleased with.
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