The Lighter Side of JzB

Here you will find photos, poetry, and possibly some light-hearted foolishness. For the Heavier Side
of JzB see my other blog, Retirement Blues. (There be dragons!)

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Every day visits*
From Moose, Goose, and Orb Weaver
All seized by Haiku

"Why moose and goose?" you may ask. Back on 2/04/13 Pirate wrote a haiku with an elk in it, and I responded with
one with a moose and then included him every day. A few days later in comments Mystic asked "Where's the goose?"
So I started including her with this post on 2/07. A week later on the 14th, Mark Readfern
asked for and received a spider. The rest is history.

*Well, most days, anyway. Grant me a bit of poetic license.

Friday, September 6, 2013

Carpe Diem #291, O-Bon Festival (Bon Festival)



~ 1 ~

the path i walk
a trail blazed by many
over centuries

~ 2 ~

my lost ancestors
lived hard lives of poverty
may their spirits rest

~ 3 ~

not just japanese ~
my wife places flowers
on her family's graves

~~::~~

Carpe Diem #291

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10 comments:

  1. carol l mckennaSeptember 6, 2013 at 6:02 PM

    Lovely haiku honoring of special people ~ love the quote too ~ carol, xo

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  2. joanneSeptember 6, 2013 at 8:18 PM

    makes me think 'nothing new under the sun'...our paths have already been trod upon,,,

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  3. LollySeptember 6, 2013 at 10:44 PM

    trail blazing
    over centuries ...
    ancestral spirit

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  4. WabiSabiSeptember 7, 2013 at 2:09 PM

    I loved the connections in the first one to the past and the suggestion of a connection with the future (trail)

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  5. Magical Mystical TeacherSeptember 7, 2013 at 2:55 PM

    It's rather comforting to know that a trail has been blazed for us.

    Festival

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 7, 2013 at 11:05 PM

    We all honor those who are gone in different ways.

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  7. Siggi in Downeast MaineSeptember 8, 2013 at 1:45 AM

    It is a custom in Maine to decorate the graves by Memorial Day and to visit often if they can.
    There are also memorials at the place of a sudden death as in a car accident... and memorials for those who died at sea.
    Very touching.

    Thank you for your thoughtful post.
    Peace
    Siggi

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  8. brudbergSeptember 8, 2013 at 11:05 AM

    Lovely... and yes.. here in Sweden we place lantern on the graves at "all-saints day"... around the first of October... now unfortunately the tradition is overtaken by Halloween imported for commercial reasons.

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  9. ChèvrefeuilleSeptember 8, 2013 at 3:02 PM

    Very nice haiku jzb ... I like this ancestor honoring a lot, here we place mainly flowers on graves, but we also see candles on graveyard.

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