Moonrise over Montecristo

mille miglia, mr. croccantino

haiku by Issa

大寺は留主の体也夏木立
ôtera wa rusu no tei nari natsu kodachi

the big temple
looks empty...
summer trees

San Quirico d'Orcia (Siena)

haiku by issa

むだ雲やむだ山作る又作る
muda kumo ya muda yama tsukuru mata tsukuru

vain clouds
forming vain peaks
in vain

colfiorito

haiku by Issa

小酒屋の出現したり春の山
ko sakaya no shutsugen shitari haru no yama

the little tavern
open for business...
spring mountain

Osteria near Cazzago (Pd)

Haiku by Issa

初虹もわかば盛りやしなの山
hatsu niji mo wakaba sakari ya shinano yama

first rainbow
new leaves in their glory!
Shinano mountain

Where is the Golden Pot?

Haiku by Issa

雲の峰外山は雨に黒む哉
kumo no mine toyama wa ame ni kuromu kana

billowing clouds--
the mountains in the rain
all black

Rapagnano (Ap) under Sibillini's

Haiku by Issa

大門や涼がてらの草むしり
daimon ya suzumi ga tera no kusa mushiri

great temple gate--
in the coolness a monk
plucks grass

Christ Shrine

A Christ Shrine shooted on 4th April 2008 in
Pieve Torina, (Macerata) in Marche Region IT
With A Canon EOS 30D and an EF TS-E 90 f2,8

Haiku by Issa

生て居るばかりぞ我とけしの花
ikite iru bakari zo ware to heshi [no] hana

just being alive
I
and the poppy