CD: Touchstone

Carpe Diem #295 ~ Wase (Early Rice) 

 

as one season ends

new rice begins to flower

touchstone of autumn

CD: Green Paddy (Aota)

Carpe Diem #228 

soul of the farmer

the rice paddies are now green

soon the gathering

***

wake up to green plants

as far as the eye can see

a sight filled with awe

 

CD: Taue (Rice Planting)

Carpe Diem #220

sacred rice seedlings

offering to mother earth 

as oxen till rows

***

deities look down

as rice seedlings are planted

to feed a nation

Conflict

Haiku Day 6

Killing fields
Yoked water buffalo
Lifeblood blossoms


Stone Day 37

Prompted with the word "rice"
the tar pit of my mind
bubbles up
"killing fields"