On the way home...

Last week I returned home to the Carolinas for the first time in almost 2 years for the wedding of my good friend.

Two haiku came to me on my journey home, one while on the bullet train to Tokyo, and the other while on the airplane. I am not sure if the Japanese translations are quite right/poetic, but I will include them anyway...

Lingering blossoms
Sprinkled on the green hillside
Gone when I return

ざんかの木
みどりに掛けた
帰るーなし

Zanka no ki
Midori ni kakeru
Kaeru--nashi

and

Cloud sea far below
And home on the horizon
Fuji remembered

雲海や
家近くなる
富士きおく

Unkai ya
Uchi chikaku naru
Fuji kioku