「旅に病んで夢は枯野をかけめぐる」
>        “Fallen ill on the journey;
>         In dreams I run wildly
>        Over the withered field”
>This is a Ku by Basho.  After he wrote this Ku, he died.
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>This morning we heard the sad news that one of our HIEM member has passed away. He was not yet 70 years of old.. He was a medical scientist. He started Haiku with us in January of 2015 and left behind many touching Ku.
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>“I wake into dreams
> Dissolving reality
> In nature’s beauty” … was his last Ku.
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>Early this year, he was already complaining that he was not feeling well for some reason but he made a Ku:
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>“flowers blossoming
>New life from a tiny seed
>New hopes too are born”
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>His name was Alan Takeda and we are still in search of his kin as no one knows who or where they are. Haiku and little animals were his friends. We will sincerely miss him.

>Here’s another Ku from Alan:
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>“cool early evening
> A furry friend and blanket
> Warming heart and soul”