Across the river
The tea hut waits between
pines
Cuckoo is greeting
Steam from the tea bowl
Grass tufts dance in the
light breeze
Then silence – how long?
Washing the tea bowl
Afternoon retains silence
For a while that is
Donning straw sandals
The wanderer must leave
now
Then silence..how long... Love that line!!
ReplyDeleteLet the tea fuel us along our journey...I love that line of tea waitng
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ReplyDeleteSteam for the tea bowl! That line served to bring me right to the present. Fabulous!
ReplyDeleteSweetly written ... it gives me the feeling of the chanoyu ...very peaceful. Bastet
ReplyDeleteWOW! A tea ceremony caught in haiku ... thank you.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Kristjaan, and just love that image "donning straw sandals"...wow!!
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