Departing Sea #haiku #sea #photography

moondustwriterJuly 1, 2014Haiku, nature, Photography, Poetry, seaautumn, Basho, carpe diem, clam, moondustwriter, photography, sea, summer

bw sea foam line

a clam

torn from its shell
departing autumn

© Matsuo Basho (1644-1694)

This is the last verse in Basho’s ‘Oku no Hosomichi’ ‘The Narrow Road to the Far North. Departing Autumn is the inspiration for today’s Carpe Diem.

autumn waves

sea crushed shells alone remain

summer footprints gone

~L. Moon

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8 thoughts on “Departing Sea #haiku #sea #photography”

slpmartin says:

July 1, 2014 at 6:49 am

An excellent haiku IMHO.

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ranu802 says:

July 1, 2014 at 6:50 am

Nice, Leslie.

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Magyar / Doug says:

July 1, 2014 at 9:03 am

Cooling waves, makes one wish to leave foot marks in the sand; too, a well posed haiku, Moonie! _m

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Mark M. Redfearn says:

July 1, 2014 at 9:11 am

Vanishing footprints remind me of the transitory nature of all life.

Departing Autumn

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1. moondustwriter says:
  
  July 2, 2014 at 5:38 pm
  
  That is what I think of autumn a transitory time in life full of unknowns. Thanks Mark
  
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arandomstateofmind says:

July 1, 2014 at 12:54 pm

An image..so clear and precise..with so few words..wonderful haiku 🙂

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Chèvrefeuille says:

July 6, 2014 at 2:31 am

An extraordinary great haiku Leslie …. I see and read that you are growing in your haiku-skills …. well done …

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lakesideindia says:

August 8, 2014 at 7:18 pm

Lovely. Thanks for following

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