Sakura at Kan'eji Temple
By Masaoka Shiki
Translated by David G. Lanoue
The cherry blossoms:
Being ill, how many things
I remember about them
Scatter layer
by layer, eight-layered
cherry blossoms
Moon at twilight
a cluster of petals falling
from the cherry tree
cherry blossom petals
blown by the spring breeze against
the undried wall
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Monday was a spectacularly beautiful day after the rain of Sunday, cool and breezy. I looked for excuses to take walks, even just to the Pokemon gym, and in the afternoon we walked in a different direction than usual so we could see the cherry blossoms two blocks away coming into full bloom, plus lots of forsythia and hundreds of daffodils.
We interrupted basketball after dinner to watch the two-hour season finale of Snowpiercer, which had good performances and some decent twists, but if that one cast member is gone next season, I make no promises that I will keep watching; the fact that we're still subjected to LJ and Audrey while female scientists get short shrift pisses me off.
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