Haiku: Blood Moon

The colour of blood
staring down from silent skies –
and he follows me

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Matsuo Basho — Buddhism now (Reblog)

Matsuo Basho was one of the most famous Zen poets of Japan.
Matsuo Basho — Buddhism now

Two swans through the mist;
drops hang from dank bare branches
Crow’s caw breaks the gloom

across the rose fields
autumn birds are gathering –
petals flop to ground

little worlds shimmer
hanging from threads of nothing –
a sudden movement