I received some upsetting personal news and am not feeling creative today, so I thought you might enjoy some of my favorite haiku by Basho instead. The following were translated into English from Japanese by Sam Hamill:
You weren’t home when I came
even the plum blossoms were
in another yard
Between our two lives
there is also the life of
the cherry blossoms
Just one possession
in this lightly-lived life —
a gourd of rice
RED GLADIOLA 