Amanogawa - The Milky Way . October 18, 2014

September 2013 - That's the date we go back to for today's Carpe Diem Haiku Kai anniversary celebration. 

For today's episode Chèvrefeuille found a few haiku written by  both classical and non-classical haiku-poets with The Milky Way as theme.

Basho (a very well known haiku):

ura umi ya sado ni yokotau ama no gawa

Turbulent the sea—
across to Sado stretches
the Milky Way

© Basho

Or this one by Jim Kacian:

beneath the Milky Way an evening soft with moths

And  a haiku by Seisensui (a contemporary and disciple of Shiki):

the Milky Way too
has become intense
we said and parted

© Seisensui 

Photo of the Day: Milky Way Over Second Beach | Smithsonian

www.smithsonianmag.com  - Milky Way Over Second Beach -1072 × 720

limpid sky tonight
but for the Milky Way
- stardust

 one last summer walk
along the beach at mid-night
near the Milky Way

©G.s.k. '14