Bright flowers are a gift of treasured memories.

A Japanese haiku:

贈り物

思い出させる

赤い花

The romaji version:

okurimono

omoidasaseru

akai hana

Thank you for reading another zen Monday. ありがとうございました。

Every Monday is zen Monday, a weekly dose of zen in Japanese ink painting format, coupled with one Japanese word.

Zen Mondays are back from their summer hiatus. Thank you for your patience and celebrating the return with another haiku – just below the images.

For more zen Monday posts click here www.mafaldatenente.com/zen or to see more of my sumi-e works go to: www.instagram.com/mtenente.

via “Gift”