So, my wonderful husband and I have been sick for a few weeks, and my husband was hospitalized for a week. Now that we are getting better, our hearts grow fonder for each other. I composed this haiku for my husband:

In Sickness and Health
and in heartrending journeys,
our Love grows stronger.I have been reading a lot of ancient Japanese poetry and ( Read more... )

ふるいけや
かわずとびこも
みずのおと。

An old pond...
A frog jumps in
The sound of water.

This is a Japanese Haiku, welcoming the Spring, with the melting of a pond and emergence of life. I love the way such short poems can create such beautiful imagery! I am sitting in my apartment, with the balcony door open, watching the ducks playing on the pond and the sunlight ( Read more... )