without trembling

 

Akikaze ya hyoro hyoro yama no  kageboshi

 

The autumn wind!

Even the mountain's shadow

Trembles before it. 

 

~ Issa, translated by Lewis Mackenzie

 

 

Yes, but this day is still, quiet

but for a scattering of birds

seeking dogwood and hackberry seeds ~

 

 a treat before snow?

 

 

 

 

 





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Written on 2021-11-22 at 21:19

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Sona The PoetBay support member heart!
Yeah! to chance upon a treat on a quiet day.
An offering by nature itself!
How very heartwarming,indeed.
2021-11-23


Chaucer Whethers The PoetBay support member heart!
Lovely, although by nature birds appear as one with the wind, how ever is one to resist an irresistible hackberry seed~
2021-11-22