Katsushika Hokusai- Plum Blossom and the Moon from the book Mount Fuji in Spring
I.
Night haze softens bare
trees – plum blossoms secretly
begin to unfold.
II.
First full moon of spring
Frogs sing loudly from the creek –
Bare trees listening.
Kawanabe Kyosai – 1879
kanzen sakura 
Mar 09, 2015 @ 00:51:27
Still waiting for our frogs, but seeing the giant full-moon after Aikido was gorgeous. “Bare trees listening” is just a perfect line, too. Hopefully, we’ll all be in our springs clothes soon.
Loved both of these. 😀
Mar 09, 2015 @ 01:01:04
It was warm today and tonight, the frogs were out in full force. I thought of Emily Dickinson’s poem and had a good chuckle at these frogs just telling everything to everybody! Glad you liked. I feel all too soon we will be in hot summer clothes.
Mar 09, 2015 @ 01:11:58
Way too soon. Why couldn’t we just have spring and fall?
Mar 09, 2015 @ 11:50:47
We jumped into summer but had a glorious fall. I’m already looking for someone to come break up my side yard for my garden. already dreaming of sassy summer tomatoes.
Mar 09, 2015 @ 00:59:12
The full moon is magnificent – soon the daylight will be too long to see it much though.
Mar 09, 2015 @ 01:02:59
It was perfect tonight shining behind bare tree branches with a bit of oboro, spring night haze to just make a little out of focus. We just went into daylight savings time – springing forth one hour so daylight is getting longer.
Mar 09, 2015 @ 01:27:36
Oh, I loooove these!!! 🙂 ❤
Mar 09, 2015 @ 11:49:47
/thank you! 💗 💗
Mar 09, 2015 @ 08:45:35
Beautiful Haiku! I love them.
Mar 09, 2015 @ 11:48:25
😊
Mar 09, 2015 @ 08:45:46
Your mood is evident in both these Haiku, Kanzen. Both are dreamy and wistful. Wonderful pictures: the one of the frogs had me laughing. Their exuberance is contagious. 😀 ❤
Mar 09, 2015 @ 11:48:12
I fell in love with those frogs, partying down – playing their instruments and dancing and rolling about.
Mar 09, 2015 @ 13:39:37
Frolicking frogs full force. 😀 😀
Mar 09, 2015 @ 11:28:22
Love the secret unfolding and the personification of the trees, “listening!” Two beautiful haiku! 🙂
Mar 09, 2015 @ 11:42:37
Thank you! That’s what I like about haiku, leaves can leap, trees can listen – nature can be personified.
Mar 09, 2015 @ 11:45:04
🙂 Absolutely!
Mar 09, 2015 @ 18:28:19
love the image of blossoms secretly unfolding.
Mar 09, 2015 @ 19:08:07
I stood out one night by my plum tree and focused on one small area. Because the day had been warm I knew some of the blooms would start unfolding. I was curious to see if I could catch them at it. I stood there for an hour (not bad because I heard all the night sounds, watched a few deer go through the yard, saw an owl in the tree in the next yard…) nothing on the plums. I went around to the back to make sure the deer had found the corn I had put out and then went back to the plum tree. Two of those buggers had unfolded!!! I was convinced then they only unfold in secret. S’truth.
Mar 10, 2015 @ 07:45:00
Magical and mysterious gems by a master. Thank you for the hushed loveliness, Kanzen. xxo
Mar 10, 2015 @ 11:36:40
Thank you my friend. This breath intaken, right before spring is such a special time. ❤ ❤ ❤
Mar 10, 2015 @ 08:39:31
beautiful! you disprove your statement on your about page that your poetry “isn’t that good” ~ everything i’ve read so far is wonderful!
♥
Mar 10, 2015 @ 11:40:35
You are so very kind and I thank you. We “odd ducks” have to stick together. I agree there are similarities and shared differences. That’s what I like about blogging – meeting so many wonderful people and becoming part of a community of friends. I understand about being busy. I know I go in spits and spurts and have to catch up. I have a gentleman who has followed my blog since the first posting. I don’t hear from him for a few months and then, there he is! And what he says is always spot on and so kind. He is a mathematician and poet and tends to get lost in those two worlds. Don’t worry. Come as often as you like and/or can. It’s okay! The welcome mat is always out.
Mar 17, 2015 @ 11:12:57
oh beautiful x
Mar 17, 2015 @ 11:38:31
Thank you very much.