Japanese plants in HAIKU

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Spring is here !


Ume (Japanese apricot)

(Ume itirin itirin hodo no atatakasa)  Ransetu

Warm enough
for an Ume blossom
to come out alone		 Sakura (Cherry blossom)

(Sitaeda ni yuukaze wataru Sakura kana) Riyou

A evening breeze
swings the lower branch of
the cherry tree in fll bloom


Yamabuki (Japanese rose)

(Horohoro to Yamabuki tiru ka taki no oto)  Basyou

The sound of the waterfall
synchronizes
the fluttering petals from the Yamabuki 		Tyou (Butterfly)

(Houjyou no oohisasi yori haru no tyou)  Sujyuu

In spring the butterfly
flutter away from
the big eaves of a temple