Flying Carpet May 2012

May Flying Carpet is dedicated to
Matsuo Basho 1644-1694 

haiku poet of Japan:
pictured next is a shrine dedicated to Basho

Basho writes:
speechless before
these budding spring green leaves
in blazing sunlight 

Flying Carpet zooms
to Land of the Rising Sun
fly through darkest night

Omotesando
fashion’s windows reflecting
funky frumpy me

hardness: steel and glass
softness: Meiji forest shrine
Tokyo conundrum

ancient Fuji-san
on Shinkansen: sneak a peek
frenzied cameras click!

silver pavilion
sand becomes perfect mountain
imagined moonlight

captured sun
a prisoner of
azaleas

Aoi Matsuri
600 year old parade
men almost as old

melodious walk
forest concert birdsong air
Miho harmonies

at Daitokuji
"the air in Japan is free"
each tea bowl “priceless”

Somushi tea house
persimmon wabi sabi
infilling beauty

returning heart walks
a mandala spiderweb
temple pilgrimage

Special thanks to Steve Beimel, Nancy Craft, Jean McLaughlin,
Andy Bender, Tomoko Kisaka, and adventurers all!