[Masa]

The rain chose to fall,
I look at sky in envy,
Tears choose not to fall.

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The land, such beauty,
The world, such magnificance,
Truly, this is bliss.
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I seek out winter,
My feelings manifested,
Into a blizzard.
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It falls upon me,
Kami's own merciful tears,
Purifies my soul.
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Eyes see truth no more,
Forever seeking reason,
Unrequited love.
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Music reasons life,
Life is that which forms music,
Music is then Life.
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Sakura falling,
From my hand it falls downward,
To join its brethren.

[Lubesh]

A beatiful array of work especially the very last, a full circle......lovely work masa.

[Corneac]

Yes indeed Masa...simply beautiful. I loved that piece.

Sakura falling,
From my hand it falls downward,
To join its brethren.

You are putting to me to shame...lol. But I loved this, yes as Lu said a full circle. A beautiful, artistic, fantastic circle!

Music reasons life,
Life is that which forms music,
Music is then Life.

If that's not my quote for today I don't know what is.

[Masa]

Thank you Lubesh, to be so positively commented by one such as yourself is to me a great honour! Haikus and Hokkus are very easy to make so I try them out alot, but trying to choose a topic and finding how to really touch someone when they read it is the really fun part!

Thank you Corneac, I really didn't think anyone would enjoy the Sakura one, it was one I was using to try to reach out to those who've actually seen the cherry blossoms bloom, for you haven't lived until you've seen that sight!

And Duncan, that one was for you man, I wrote it about a week before I joined this site, didn't know why I wrote it since I don't write music myself, but it seems fate has brought that poem to its rightful place!

[RENA HANDS]

Kami’s own merciful tears, (Who or what is Kami?)

Sakura falling, (Again, who or what is Sakura?)

I love the color combination, change/theme with each individual stanza. It really adds something more to the meaning/imagery…I think. 5/5!

[MindsEye]

Ohhh yes... I love haiku... you have captured an essence here with this collection... I feel however that the current title does not do this collection true justice.

A unifying title to enforce the theme... those streams of emotional waters that weather away and wash our eyes clean for the next moment of life's journey.

Yes a fine collection indeed.