three score years and ten

plus a further twenty-three - 

is that really me?

-o0o-

day in day out

the goldfish and the caged bird

side by side

-o0o-

twisted roots criss-cross

the forest floor - overhead

branches entwining

-o0o-

market day -

at sunrise long shadows  

fill the empty stalls

-o0o-

summer day outing

between windscreen and wiper

a parking ticket

-o0o-

clinging to the wall

every ivy leaf shivers

in the angry wind

-o0o-

evening on the loch

much quieter now that the geese

have said farewell

-o0o-

floating on the pond

a leaf with a passenger -

a tiny frog

-o0o-

harvest moon/around the pond I wander/and the night is gone

MATSUO BASHO  1644-94

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NEXT POST SUNDAY 24th FEBRUARY