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Chiyo-Ni and the Advent of Autumn

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Edited by Jim McCrory, Wednesday, 18 Sept 2024, 21:12


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I woke up to a beautiful sunny morning here in Scotland, but with the drop in temperature, I’m reminded of winter approaching and I’m reminded of the gracefulness and gentleness of Chiyo-Ni’ haiku that reminds us that although the poet lived in the eighteenth’s century, the message of those approaching season is timeless.

The first soft snow!

Enough to bend the leaves

of the daffodil.


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