coming to the eye
especially at this time
May’s Mount Fuji
rising in a clear blue sky
shrugging off a cloud of mist
blooming wildly
among the peach trees
first cherry blossoms
embroidered silken flowers
burst through nascent greenery
butterflies and birds
restlessly they rise up
a cloud of flowers
spiralling in petal dance
sudden shower of colour
spring rain
trickling into the wasp’s nest
a leaky roof
ancient thatch must be repaired
before winter storms arrive
the lettuce
leaves are just as green
eggplant soup
crispy flavour of sunshine
aroma of falling leaves
life’s journey
plowing the patch of rice field
back and forth
Fuji on the horizon
under a blanket of snow
Matsuo Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold) Kim M. Russell, 10th November 2019
My response to Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #109 Renga with Basho: life’s journey
This weekend we are writing Renga with Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) from six given haiku written by him, to which we must add our two-lined stanzas. The given haiku were written in the final years of his life, when Basho travelled and created his masterpiece haibun ‘Oku No Hosomichi’ (The Small Road Into The High North). We may choose the sequence, remembering to complete the chain between the Hokku and the Ageku.
writing in north norfolk 
Your poems are always so colorful. This one is no exception!
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Thank you, Cara!
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