Japanese Farm and River

Struggling with each breath,

Searing pain of a thousand bites. 

Lying connected to wired machines,

Hand in hand, alone at night.

#bird #river #Japan

#鳥 #川 #小田原市

Focus on the sunrise,

Flanked by clouds of pain.

Regrets so many, uncountable,

Drowning in the rain.

#ducks #sky #Japan

#アヒル #空 #小田原市

Let it go,

Live with the flow,

Never ready for the flood.

I ask who knows,

She says “I know.”

Daily struggle through the mud.

#river #Odawara #Japan

#川 #酒匂川 #小田原

• Packed subway,
  Like a bale of hay,
  Speeding through dark tunnels.
  Close your eyes,
  A cool summer evening,
  Free as a lone heron, no intimidation.
  #river #heron #Odawara #Japan
  #川 #サギ #酒匂川 #小田原

Packed subway,

Like a bale of hay,

Speeding through dark tunnels.

Close your eyes,

A cool summer evening,

Free as a lone heron, no intimidation.

#river #heron #Odawara #Japan

#川 #サギ #酒匂川 #小田原

Lonely, hungry crow;

Autumn breeze brushes the back of my neck;

An idle rice paddy reflects a dark blue autumn sky.

#ricepaddy #crow #Japan #田んぼ #烏

Pressure building, ready to blow.

Don’t give up, don’t let go.

A deep longing for days gone by,

Value the present for time will fly.

#pump #gauge #Odawara #Japan

#ポンプ #計量器 #小田原

Stalks of rice hung out to dry.

Blue nets prevent birds from stealing the rice.

#米 #rice #ネット #net #小田原 #Japan

Clay wall of old shed on Japanese farm.

農場にある古い粘土の壁。

#粘土壁 #clay #wall

Bamboo poles stored next to a rice paddy.

田んぼの竹竿

#竹竿 #bamboo #竹 #poles

Bamboo poles stored next to a rice paddy.

田んぼの竹竿

#竹竿 #bamboo #竹 #poles

Railroad crossing between files of rice.

田んぼと田んぼの間踏切。

#踏切 #crossing #電車 #train #小田原 #Japan

Ashes of burnt rice stalks after a rain storm.

雨の嵐の後に燃えた稲の灰が溜まる。

#田んぼ #ricepaddy #灰 #ashes #小田原 #Japan

Ashes of burnt rice stalks after a rain storm.

雨の嵐の後に燃えた稲の灰が溜まる。

#田んぼ #ricepaddy #灰 #ashes #小田原 #Japan

Pear gourd on a fence near a rusty oil drum can.

フエンスに乗っている洋梨型ヒョウタン。

#ヒョウタン #gourd #農場 #farm #小田原 #Japan

日が当たる

面に負けく

自然と壁

Basking in the sun

Wary of the shutter click

Nature and concrete

#カモ #duck #壁 #wall #小田原 #Japan #haiku #俳句

青い世界

流れを上る

秋の鯉. 

A world of aquatic blue

Swim upstream against the flow

Autumn season carp

#鯉 #carp #川 #river #小田原 #Japan #haiku #俳句

抑えてる

冬に向かってる

竹の勝ち

Hold up and support

Preparations for winter

The strength of bamboo

#竹 #bamboo #田んぼ #field #小田原 #Japan #haiku #俳句

抑えてる

冬に向かってる

竹の勝ち

Hold up and support

Preparations for winter

The strength of bamboo

#竹 #bamboo #田んぼ #field #小田原 #Japan #haiku #俳句

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