Autumn Moon – Jisei – September 25, 2015

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Georgia

the autumn moon shines
illuminating gently
this darkened pathway

fading autumn day
in the wind blow falling leaves
– dark shadows gather

Linked to: dVerse – Jisei – Japanese Death Poem

51 thoughts on “Autumn Moon – Jisei – September 25, 2015”

Grace on September 25, 2015 at 18:44 said:

I like the shades or hints of death – darkened pathway, dark shadows gather ~

Thanks for linking up with D’verse ~

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- Bastet on September 26, 2015 at 06:52 said:
  
  Thank you for a lovely critique Grace .. glad you enjoyed the jisei.
  
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katiemiafrederick on September 25, 2015 at 19:09 said:

Now 60 hours away from
Super Blood Moon..
Synchronicity
comes
in dArk
LiGhts
way..:)

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- Bastet on September 26, 2015 at 07:52 said:
  
  Ah … interesting.
  
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Mama Zen on September 25, 2015 at 19:13 said:

Beautiful!

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- Bastet on September 26, 2015 at 07:52 said:
  
  Thanks Mama Zen!
  
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kanzensakura on September 25, 2015 at 19:14 said:

Even more lovely and delicate than the photos are the words. I am not surprised at the beautiful work you did for these poems. I am so glad to see you visiting us over here at d’Verse. Please come again!

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- Bastet on September 26, 2015 at 07:55 said:
  
  Thank you Kanzensakura … a pleasure to visit d’Verse after being away a long time … I do enjoy dropping by from time to time, but have many difficulties commenting on everyone’s posts .. which are very often on Blogger … the last time I linked here one of your administers at the time was very forceful in making it clear that I should comment everyone … which I cannot do. But the jisei was too hard for me to pass up. 🙂
  
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  - kanzensakura on September 26, 2015 at 20:45 said:
    
    I’m not sure which team member did that. We like people to read and comment but it is hard to read them all. Even many of the team members do not do that. I do but some do not. I had to get a whole separate Gmail/google id to be able to comment on Blogger. I got a gmail address just for that purpose and do not use it to get email or anything else, just for commenting. Some others (visitors) use an odd format that is twitter or some such nonsense and only if you tweet can you comment. So I don’t comment on those. truly, please do visit and bring your wonderful work to share with us, especially your beautiful haiga. Some people are really bad about dropping and running which of course, happens in all communities. If you go under the category, d’Team and get the members and just comment on those, I think that would be fine. I myself take a couple of days to read and comment since the link is up for 33 hours I don’t feel a necessity to hurry up and read/comment. So please, do not be a stranger. Some people only visit on the open link nights because they don’t care for prompts and that is fine. Many of them are regulars and some do comment back if you comment on them but don’t think they worry about commenting on all. Personally, I’d like to see some proper haiku besides my own! I’m doing a prompt and instruction for tanka at some point – not quite sure when but in Oct, I think. The discussions are always interesting as well, on the pub page. So…visit when you can, have fun, and let us enjoy your photographic and poetic beauties!
    
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  - kanzensakura on September 26, 2015 at 20:46 said:
    
    PS next open link night is Thursday of next week. We do it every other week and a prompt on the off weeks.
    
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Björn Rudberg (brudberg) on September 25, 2015 at 19:37 said:

The darkened pathway.. what a wonderful metaphor.. just perfect.

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- Bastet on September 26, 2015 at 07:55 said:
  
  Thanks Bjorn …
  
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Bodhirose on September 25, 2015 at 22:46 said:

Darkening pathway, the end is drawing nearer…a wonderful jisei, and that photo goes perfectly with your well chosen words. Thank you for joining in with the prompt.

Gayle ~

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- Bastet on September 26, 2015 at 07:57 said:
  
  Thanks you Gayle for a lovely critique .. I’m happy you enjoyed the post! 🙂
  
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  - Bodhirose on September 26, 2015 at 16:48 said:
    
    You’re so welcome, and I did! 🙂
    
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Wendy L. Macdonald on September 26, 2015 at 00:24 said:

Lovely. And the picture is the perfect match.
Blessings ~ Wendy

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- Bastet on September 26, 2015 at 07:58 said:
  
  Thanks you very much Wendy … Bastet
  
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Candy on September 26, 2015 at 00:44 said:

love the autumn moon illuminating the way

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- Bastet on September 26, 2015 at 07:59 said:
  
  Thanks you Candy … seems that this is the month of jisei and autumn moons doesn’t it!
  
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J Lapis on September 26, 2015 at 04:28 said:

Phenomenally good–I especially love the first stanza.

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- Bastet on September 26, 2015 at 08:00 said:
  
  Thanks J … 🙂
  
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  - J Lapis on September 26, 2015 at 08:25 said:
    
    Most welcome–hope you come to the b’day party!
    
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    - Bastet on September 26, 2015 at 09:45 said:
      
      B’day party ???
      
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      - J Lapis on September 26, 2015 at 11:43 said:
        
        I was just telling Yves that the glitter falls into the wrinkles = permanent Bling!! Yep, b’day–not a bad excuse for a get-together!
        
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      - Bastet on September 27, 2015 at 09:43 said:
        
        LOL … nice way to look at it! Hope you had a wonderful day yesterday!
        
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      - J Lapis on September 27, 2015 at 10:21 said:
        
        Yes, I think I’m mentally celebrating all weekend, at least. Today I rearranged the bedroom furniture…so we’ll see if I lose my way to the bathroom in my sleep…
        
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      - Bastet on September 27, 2015 at 16:58 said:
        
        Oh cool .. love moving furniture around …If there’s one thing I miss since we renovated this house is that there’s very little one can do to change the furniture around … except maybe moving the bed. But maybe a nightlight by the door would be a good idea 😉
        
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      - J Lapis on September 28, 2015 at 03:42 said:
        
        Yes, my space is small too, so my “arrangements” are severely limited. But sometimes it just takes a little moving to get a fresh perspective! 🙂
        
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      - Bastet on September 28, 2015 at 07:59 said:
        
        That’s what I think … gives one a whole new vision of the world …
        
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      - J Lapis on September 28, 2015 at 09:02 said:
        
        And it forced me to vacuum and dust a bit 🙂
        
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      - Bastet on September 28, 2015 at 12:40 said:
        
        LOL … that too 😉
        
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      - J Lapis on September 28, 2015 at 12:59 said:
        
        I get kind of crazed after I’ve cleaned–like somehow I should be able to prevent the place ever getting dirty/messed up again….the dust is ever-present, so that’s a truly futile task.
        
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      - Bastet on September 28, 2015 at 13:06 said:
        
        So I wish too … even though I’m a very ordinate (sic) person the dust still accumulates … what a bore!
        
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      - J Lapis on September 28, 2015 at 23:40 said:
        
        ‘Course, with my vision diminishing, I truly don’t notice the dust until it’s thick on the TV screen! Or maybe I just don’t look around for it–other priorities!
        
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      - Bastet on September 29, 2015 at 07:16 said:
        
        Ah .. now that’s a great reason to give when I don’t dust … I’ve got to try it on!
        
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      - J Lapis on September 29, 2015 at 08:04 said:
        
        Definitely! Also, I found a really good duster thingy–beats the heck out of using a rag; quicker, and gets in spaces my rag-bound hand couldn’t….and that’s surely enough on the topic of house cleaning; we’re poets, for Cripes sake!!
        
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      - Bastet on September 29, 2015 at 10:01 said:
        
        I so so agree … yeesh! 😀
        
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      - J Lapis on September 29, 2015 at 10:16 said:
        
        🙂 🙂
        
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    - Bastet on September 26, 2015 at 09:50 said:
      
      Ah .. just jumped over to your site to see what’s up …
      
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      - J Lapis on September 26, 2015 at 11:42 said:
        
        I’m UP–Hallelujah!
        
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      - Bastet on September 26, 2015 at 12:27 said:
        
        🙂 what a lovely idea!!!!
        
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      - J Lapis on September 26, 2015 at 12:31 said:
        
        🙂
        
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Snakypoet (Rosemary Nissen-Wade) on September 26, 2015 at 15:36 said:

Beautiful!

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- Bastet on September 27, 2015 at 09:48 said:
  
  Thanks 🙂
  
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Mary on September 26, 2015 at 16:58 said:

When those dark shadows gather, it is time…… Very evocative.

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- Bastet on September 27, 2015 at 09:52 said:
  
  Thanks … glad you think so!
  
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Bryan Ens on September 27, 2015 at 00:18 said:

I love the mixture in these of light and dark…especially the first with the moon illuminating a dark path.

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- Bastet on September 27, 2015 at 11:54 said:
  
  Thanks Bryan a lovely comment and glad you liked the post!
  
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Oliana on September 30, 2015 at 11:30 said:

What a visual Jisei, Cara. I must check the prompt but It’s not a site I find inviting. But I may write another Jisei anyway. Autumn reminds me if death so much. After the vibrant colors fall death breathes down my neck. I Shudder

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- Bastet on September 30, 2015 at 13:02 said:
  
  I’ve had not so happy experiences with them as well … but I decided to give them another chance 😉
  
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  - Oliana on September 30, 2015 at 16:06 said:
    
    Me too 🙂
    
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