IKEBANA

SANDA LAZUR - Lector curs Ikebana

No sky
no earth - but still
snowflakes fall
- Hashin

Sparrow's child
out of the way, out of the way!
the stallion's coming through
- Kobayashi Issa

I kill an ant
and realize my three children
have been watching
- Kato Shuson
 

The day we saw the hawk
On a churchyard tree
A kite too
Was in the far sky.
- Hekigodo
 

The old pond;
A frog jumps in -
The sound of the water
- Matsuo Basho
 

In the twilight rain
these brilliant-hued hibiscus . . .
A lovely sunset
- Matsuo Basho
 

Over the wintry
forest, winds howl in rage
with no leaves to blow.
- Natsume Soseki

Toward those short trees
We saw a hawk descending
On a day in spring
- Shiki