Tanka...Nobe Okuri 野辺送り

松内に近きのひとの野辺送り雪花やさしく御柩(みひつぎ)に舞ひ

a neighbor's

funeral in new year week

fluffy snow flowers 

from heaven

falling on his coffin...

※ご近所の方が亡くなり、昨日お見送り致しました。

A neighbor  passed away and

 yesterday we his neighbors saw off him 

when his dead body was moved to a crematory, 

which is one of our traditional custom called Nobe Okuri / 野辺送り in Japanese.

©2018Rika Inami稲美里佳

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人一人生きて昇りし尊さに光射し行く新年の朝

©Shinichi Okamoto

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snow flowers
on bare branches
changed...
my views on everlasting
relationships

Jan 2018©️ Hifsa Ashraf

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The energy meeting the vast universe.

©Mirium Strauss

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snowflakes from heaven
a winter coat of sadness
covers his coffin

©Bekkie  Sanchez