Reality is dismantled and collapses and I sit quietly . . . the cats impatient for dinner.

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I leap from depths
of debt into the skies:
autumn of the dragon.

Ginka (d. 1725)

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The earth is fragrant
with plum petals falling
on my way home.

Fuwa (d. 1712)

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Rise, let us go—
along the path lies
the clear dew.

Fujo (d. 1764)

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Deutzia blossoms:
I, who rebuked the lazy,
sleep late into the morning.

Hakuto (d. 1727)

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Ah! Whenever drawn
To thank my body for all—
My very last breath.

Ensei (d. 1725)

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Seeds of the lotus
In every which direction
Playfully jumping.

Donsui
(d. 1729)

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Headed heavenward,
Light like the absence of sin—
The ship of the moon.

Dōhaku
(d. 1675)

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Memento mori.

Four ways of drawing death, and one #haiku

With sunrise comes light
and the quotidian burden
of being alive.

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