Spring is Here

Spring is a lovely time of the year,but sadly it goes by very fast. let us enjoy every moment of this glorious seson.

Love,
yoko


The passing spring

The passing spring
Birds mourn,
Fishes weep
With tearful eyes.

Matsuo Basho

Sparrow singing



Sparrow singing--
its tiny mouth
open.


Translated by Robert Hass

Yosa Buson

...Today
among the scent
of new mango blossoms,

amid the rustling notes
of fresh stems bursting forth,

under the nectar-sprinkled moon rays
in the sky
in tearful delight,

by whose touch am I delighted
in this fragrance-laden agitated breeze?

Today spring is awake at the door,
in your veiled, shy life
please don't frustrate her.

Open up the petals of your heart today,
Forget today who is Yours,
who is not.

Put out your scent in waves into the sky
that is already resounding with songs...

Rabindranath Tagore

We are all longing for spring,
and now it is almost here.

All things shall melt and turn into songs when Spring comes. Even the stars, the vast snowflakes that fall slowly upon the larger fields, shall melt into spring streams. When the sun of His face shall rise above the wider horizon, then what frozen symmetry would not turn into liquid melody? And who among you would not be the cup-bearer to the myrtle and the laurel?

Khalil Gibran
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I am cert6ainly waiting for spring.
It is still quite cold here.

Love,
yoko

Coming back --
so many pathways
through the spring grass.

- Buson


What a strange thing
to be alive
beneath cherry blossoms.

- Issa

Spring is here, but both Inda and yoko are right, it is still quite cold here.
I have seen birds that were not here during the winter, so that is a good sign that spring cannot be far away.

Love,
Vicky

Dear friends, I think that spring is finally here.

Love, Inda
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Rumi

This is what I see
The world is green,
and everywhere there is a garden.
I see your face,
luminous like a rose,
I see you happy,
You are laughing
Everywhere there is a gem,
inflamed from the Beloved's mine.
Everywhere there is a soul,
connected to anothe soul.

Thank you Inda for the adorable picture.
Spring certainly is a bit slow in coming this year.I am hearing a lot more birds singing, and some spring flowers are opening up now.We have a lot of rain this year, but that will make everything green and fresh looking.

Love,
Vicky

I love that little squirrel as well.
I hope that spring is finally here and that we don't suddenly get plunged into extreme summer heat.

Spring comes on the World -- by Emily Dickinson


Spring comes on the World --
I sight the Aprils --
Hueless to me until thou come
As, till the Bee
Blossoms stand negative,
Touched to Conditions
By a Hum.

Half an hour in a spring evening is worth a thousand gold pieces

Japanese saying

Thank you for bringing back the spring post yoko.
We have had a lot of rain here, and it has been quite cool. The tulips are doing well since it has not been too hot. We have been waiting for spring such a long time.

Love,
Vicky

Spring is truly here. Everything is blooming. The lilacs are almost finished, but enjoy their scent as long as they are here.

Love, Inda
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Spring is really here.
Little flowers are blooming.

Spring is definitely here.
I am planting pansies in my garden.

Love,
Sue

Spring has arrived. I can hear all the birds singing.

Love,
Vicky



Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.

rainer Maria Rilke

The two plum trees --
I love their blooming!
One early, one later.

Buson

Spring is here, and all sorts of little animals are sitting in the branches enjoying the blossoms and the sunshine.

Love,
Vicky

Spring is officially already here, but we have unseasonably cold weather. Some plants are definitely trying to come up and some early flowers are actually in bloom.

Spring is here and it is getting warmer.
The sun is also bright and I see all sorts of little animals running in the park.

You whispered in my ears like early spring:
"I am the call of Love,
can you hear me in the full grasses,
in the scented winds,
it is I who makes the garden smile."

Rumi
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Mouthpainting by Josef Habaler
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As usual
cherry blossoms bloom
in my native place,
their color unchanged --
spring.

- Dogen

The spring sea rising


The spring sea rising
and falling, rising
and falling all day.

Yosa Buson

These happy little flowers are appearing everywhere, which means spring is finally here.

Love,
Vicky

Thank you for all the lovely images.
Spring has truly arrived after a fairly long and cold winter.

Sincerely,
Gisele

Daffodils are already blooming and they really brighten up the gardens.

Mouthpainting by Elode Cazes

Spring is truly here.
The lilacs are starting to bloom.

Love,
Vicky

Spring air -
woven moon
and plum scent.

- Matsu Basho -

Thank you yoko for the lovely image.

I am really enjoying spring and all the beautiful flowers it brings.

Spring is almost here again,
although, we have very unusually below normal temperatures for this time of the year.
A lot of snow still needs to melt away, but spring will certainly arrive again. I am waiting for the little flowers to pop up through the snow.

Love,
Vicky

We have a very cold spring as well.
A lot of areas are still covered in snow, but the sun is already much warmer, and soon the flowers will come.

It is quite cold here at the moment, but hopefully, soon, you will see this.

We are all waiting for beautiful spring to arrive to this part of the world.

I do have these blooming in the garden which are the first little flowers to arrive in the spring.

I hope that we will see this sometimes soon.
Spring is coming very slowly this year.

Spring-
The air is filled with music from a distant flute
Fragrant blossoms weigh down the trees...

Tagore

Spring has finally, truly arrived. It is very nice weather here now and all kinds of little buds are appearing everywhere.

Spring is really finally here.
I saw a Cardinal flying back and forth to her nest,

I borrowed your beautiful Cardinal image yoko from your Nort American birds post.

Hear blessings dropping
their blossoms around you.

-Rumi



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If my poems repeat themselves, so does Spring.

-Rumi

Lilac trees are just beginning to bloom, and the beautiful scent is in the air. Spring is really here.

Did you hear that winter’s over? The basil
and the carnations cannot control their

laughter. The nightingale, back from his
wandering, has been made singing master

over the birds. The trees reach out their
congratulations. The soul goes dancing

through the king’s doorway. Anemones blush
because they have seen the rose naked.

Spring, the only fair judge, walks in the
courtroom, and several December thieves steal

away, Last year’s miracles will soon be
forgotten. New creatures whirl in from non-

existence, galaxies scattered around their
feet. Have you met them? Do you hear the

bud of Jesus crooning in the cradle? A single
narcissus flower has been appointed Inspector

of Kingdoms. A feast is set. Listen: the
wind is pouring wine! Love used to hide

inside images: no more! The orchard hangs
out its lanterns. The dead come stumbling by

in shrouds. Nothing can stay bound or be
imprisoned. You say, “End this poem here,

and wait for what’s next.” I will. Poems
are rough notations for the music we are.


Rumi

First days of spring.....blue sky, bright sun.
Everything is gradually becoming fresh and green....

Ryokan

quote:

First days of spring.....blue sky, bright sun.
Everything is gradually becoming fresh and green....

Ryokan

Break open a cherry tree and there are no flowers, but the spring breeze brings forth myriad blossoms. ~Ikkyu Sojun