Tuesday, March 19, 2024


 On a journey, ill:

my dream goes wandering

over withered fields.


Basho

from Japanese Death Poems







Sandia Mountain fiery sunrise

Friday, March 8, 2024


First Light in the Mountain Today



HERE it is this
must be that spring to come,
outside the vexing world:
lotus blossoms opening
through my door, in the dawn sky.

Jakuren