Hanami

A cherry petal
flies back up to a branch
oh, a butterfly!

Arakide Moritake (1473 - 1549)

A winter blizzard
I turn my calendar
to cherry blossoms.

Marilyn Potter

Double cherry blossoms
I breathe in
the entire sky.

Rachel Enomoto

From all four quarters

Cherry petals blowing in

To Biwa’s waters!

Basho

They blossom, and then

We gaze, and then the blooms

Scatter, and then…

Onitsura

Subway platform
she brushes cherry petals
from her black umbrella.

Port Moody's Garry Eaton